Question

How did Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka affect the civil rights movement?
(1 point)
Responses

Public schools were no longer to be segregated.
Public schools were no longer to be segregated.

Public schools could be segregated as long as the school system provided equal school options.
Public schools could be segregated as long as the school system provided equal school options.

Busing had to be made available to all students.
Busing had to be made available to all students.

Lessons had to be written to the cultural background of the students in the classes.
Lessons had to be written to the cultural background of the students in the classes.

Answer 1

Public schools were no longer to be segregated. This ruling set a precedent for overturning racial segregation in other public institutions and helped to fuel the civil rights movement by challenging the discriminatory practices that were pervasive at the time.