Which of the following is true of Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

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In Brown v. Board of Education, the Court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional and violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Specifically, the Court held that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and therefore, segregation based on race in public schools was outlawed. This decision applied to all forms of segregation, including de jure segregation (segregation that was mandated by law) and de facto segregation (segregation that occurred in practice or through societal pressures). The Court did not specify a timeline for desegregation, but instead ordered that it be carried out "with all deliberate speed." The Court explicitly rejected the separate but equal doctrine, which had been established by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and permitted segregation as long as the separate facilities provided were deemed equal.

Which of the Following Is True of Brown V