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The 1954 decision Brown v. Board of Education is probably the most famous of all reversals. What famous Supreme Court decision did the court overturn and why?

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Answer:

The Supreme Court reversed Plessy v. Ferguson and abolished discrimination in Brown v. Board. The Judge determined with Thurgood Marshall or his colleague NAACP attorneys that integrated education violated the promise of equal legal rights of the fourteenth Amendment.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Court reversed Plessy v. Ferguson and ruled that the Equal Opportunities provision of the 14th Amendment was violated by racial discrimination of public schools.

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