The Significance of the U

The significance of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) rests in the fact that it

A) brought an end to racial discrimination in the United States.
B) declared discrimination on the basis of race, class, or gender illegal.
C) precipitated a period of racial harmony in the United States.
D) guaranteed political and economic equality between whites and blacks in the United States.
E) signaled the court's importance as an avenue for effecting political change in the civil rights struggle.