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B. the purchase of Jekyll Island as a state park.
C Georgia's part in the Interstate Highway System.
D. a lengthened school year and school improvements.
ROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
in 1950, seven-year-old Linda Brown, a black student, tried to ento
peka, Kansas. When entry was denied, the NAACP helped Brownsta
da Brown, a black student, tried to enroll in an all-white school in
Sucation. The case, referred to as Brown v. Board of Education, reached
ed, the NAACP helped Brown's father sue the Topeka Board of
in its 1954 ruling, the Court said separate-but-equal schools were un
own v. Board of Education, reached the Supreme Court.
cial integration of schools "with all deliberate speed." After neany s
eparate-but-equal schools were unconstitutional. It ordered
gregation, the ruling in the Plessy case was finally overturned. All
deliberate speed." After nearly sixty years of court-approved
eny states were slow to carry out its orders.
Plessy case was finally overturned. Although the Court had spoken,
416. What was the ruling of the U. S. Supreme co
ne ruling of the U. S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education?
A. Schools would be segregated and kept separate
B. The separate-but-equal policy was unconstit
Dlack schools would get more money for books and teachers.
acks could only attend white schools if there was space available.
417. What earlier U. S. Supreme Court decision did the ruling in Brown v. Board of
Education overturn?
A. Plessy v. Ferguson