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According to the Supreme Court opinion in Brown v. Board of Education, what is the importance of the Fourteenth Amendment to the case?

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Board of Education of Topeka case in May 17th 1994 the US Supreme Court ruled in 9-0 because the racial segregation in public schools was violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution which prohibits the States from denying equal protection of laws to any person within their jurisdiction

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that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the states from denying equal protection of the laws to any person within their jurisdictions.

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