Which landmark Supreme Court decision paved the way for the desegregation of public schools?
A Plessy v. Ferguson
B Brown v. Board of Education
C Dred Scott v. Sandford
The ruling stemmed from a case in Kansas in which 13 Black families sued the Topeka school district in 1951 for its refusal to enroll their children in the public school closest to their homes. In Brown v. Board of Education, the high court ruled segregation unconstitutional, even if segregated schools were equal in quality.
The correct answer is Brown v. Board of Education.