Which statement about the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision is correct?

A.
It upheld the earlier Plessy v. Ferguson ruling on public education.

B.
It said that individual states could decide whether to integrate public schools.

C.
It declared that segregated public schools were constitutional.

D.
It overturned "separate but equal" public education.

Respuesta :

D.
It overturned "separate but equal" public education.
With the case of Brown v. Board of Education it decided that the phrase "separate but equal" was unconstitutional. Ruling that schools could no longer use that phrase and separate them by race.