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The Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Ed. (1954) was important because:

A.)provided free support for private and parochial schools
B.)declared racially segregated public schools unconstitutional
C.)it established free public colleges in the United States
D.)established free public elementary and secondary school in the U.S.

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B) declared racially segregated public schools unconstitutional

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In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) a unanimous Supreme Court declared that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

The Court declared “separate” educational facilities “inherently unequal.”

Source: Kahn Academy

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.

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