The Importance of the Brown V

The importance of the Brown v. Board of Education civil rights case was that the Supreme Court

A) declared unconstitutional laws creating schools that were separate but obviously unequal.
B) declared unconstitutional laws supporting schools that were separate but unequal in subtle ways.
C) ruled that racially separate schools were inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional.
D) ruled that schools discriminating on the basis of race could be denied access to federal funds.
E) ruled that segregation was lawful if mandated by a state constitution.