A classic and important example of strict scrutiny of classifications based upon race is the desegregation case of:
A) Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v.Horowitz.
B) Silkwood v.Kerr-McGee Corporation.
C) New York Times v.Sullivan.
D) Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka.

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka is a landmark Supreme Court case in which the court held that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional. The court applied strict scrutiny to the classification based on race, finding that such a policy could never be justified. This case is a classic example of the importance of the strict scrutiny standard in preventing discrimination based on race.

A Classic and Important Example of Strict Scrutiny of Classifications