Question

How did the Brown v. Board of Education decision affect the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling differ from its late decision in brown v. Board of education

Answer 1

In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

Answer 2

In addition to the first answer, Brown v Board of Education struck down the earlier Plessy v. Ferguson case which instituted the "separate but equal" rule. That was the point of Brown v. Board. Students who attended segregated "separate but equal" schools did not actually get an equal education.