Question

Why was Brown v. Board of Education significant? *

It declared that segregation in the school system was constitutional
It declared that segregation in the school system was unconstitutional.
It opened freedom of speech at school
It gave voting rights for all

Answer 1

It declared that segregation in the school system was unconstitutional. In declaring school segregation as unconstitutional, the Court overturned the longstanding "separate but equal" doctrine established nearly 60 years earlier in Plessy Vs. Ferguson.