“We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” Chief Justice Earl Warren, writing the unanimous opinion of the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954
Which of the following was the most immediate
result of the decision excerpted?
(A) Radicals critiqued government actions as
doing too little to transform the racial
status quo.
(B) Education advocates raised awareness of
the effect of poverty on students’
opportunities.
(C) Civil rights activists became increasingly
divided over tactical and philosophical
issues.
(D) Segregationists in southern states
temporarily closed many public schools
in an effort to resist the decision.
