In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision provided _______.

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The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision rejected the "separate but equal" doctrine, which had been established by the Supreme Court in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. The "separate but equal" doctrine allowed for the segregation of public facilities, including schools, as long as the facilities were equal in quality. However, the Brown v. Board of Education decision found that separate schools were inherently unequal and violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

In 1954, the Brown V