Answer :

Final answer:

SCOTUS unanimously decided that racially segregated public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment, overturning the 'separate but equal' doctrine.


Explanation:

SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) decided the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case by ruling unanimously that racially segregated public schools violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision overturned the 'separate but equal' doctrine established by Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, declaring that separate schools were inherently unequal and perpetuated the idea of African Americans' inferiority.


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