Question

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. (U91-3) (Unit 9-12 EOC Study Notes) TEKS - "Ten years after __________________ ruled that schools needed to desegregate, 98% of African American students nationwide still attended majority-Black schools." What court case ruling is being referred to here? (1 point) Responses Plessy vs. Ferguson Plessy vs. Ferguson Rosa Parks vs. Birmingham Transit Rosa Parks vs. Birmingham Transit Protesters vs. NAACP Protesters vs. NAACP Brown vs. Board of Education Brown vs. Board of Education The U.S. vs. Jim Crow

Answer 1

The court case ruling being referred to in the excerpt is **Brown vs. Board of Education**. This landmark Supreme Court decision in 1954 declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, yet it highlights the continued segregation that persisted even after the ruling.