In Brown V

In Brown v. Board of Education, what was Thurgood Marshall's main argument before the Supreme Court?

A) that segregation did lifelong damage to black children, undermining their self-esteem
B) that Plessy v. Ferguson was an outdated ruling that needed to be updated
C) that the time had come to implement the promises of Reconstruction
D) that the white, southern politicians did not adequately provide for black schools, thereby violating the "but equal" part of the Plessy ruling
E) that children ought to attend the school that is closest to them, and Linda Brown lived within a mile of the "white" school and should be able to attend that school