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In which year did the Supreme Court deliver its landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

$$1954$$

What was the Supreme Court's primary ruling regarding 'separate educational facilities'?

They are "inherently unequal"

Which previous Supreme Court case from $1896$ was overturned by the Brown v. Board decision?

Plessy v. Ferguson

What was the final vote count of the Supreme Court justices in the Brown v. Board case?

$$9\text{-}0$$

On what specific date in $1954$ was the Brown decision announced?

May $17$, $1954$

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution was the basis for the ruling in Brown v. Board?

The Fourteenth Amendment

Which clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did the Court find was violated by school segregation?

The Equal Protection Clause

Who was the lead attorney for the NAACP who argued the Brown case before the Supreme Court?

Thurgood Marshall

In which Kansas city did the original lawsuit involving Oliver Brown and the school board begin?

Topeka

In which U.S. state was the city of Topeka located where the Brown case originated?

Kansas

What does the abbreviation NAACP stand for?

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Who was the lead plaintiff on the case after whom the landmark Supreme Court decision is named?

Oliver Brown

What was the name of the young student who was denied entrance to an all-white elementary school in Topeka?

Linda Brown

What is the official legal citation for the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

$$347\text{ U.S. }483$$

What legal doctrine was established in $1896$ and later rejected in Brown v. Board?

"separate but equal"

The Plessy v. Ferguson decision originally established the "separate but equal" doctrine in what year?

$$1896$$

What type of schools were specifically identified as unconstitutional when racially segregated?

Public schools

What was the legal status of racial segregation in public education after the $1954$ ruling?

Unconstitutional

What specific type of facilities did the Supreme Court declare were inherently unequal by their nature?

Educational facilities

How many justices on the Supreme Court dissented against the Brown ruling?

$$0$$

The Brown v. Board of Education decision is considered a major milestone for which social movement?

The Civil Rights Movement

Which psychological study involving dolls was used to demonstrate the harmful effects of segregation?

The Clark doll test

The Court ruled that segregation denied citizens what Constitutional requirement?

Equal protection of the laws

What is the name of the follow-up Supreme Court decision delivered in $1955$?

Brown II

In the $1955$ Brown II ruling, the Court ordered that desegregation proceed with what kind of speed?

With all deliberate speed