In 1954, the Supreme Court in Query 1

Question

overturned the decision in Query 2
. The court held that segregation was inherently unequal and a violation of the Query 3
, and was therefore prohibited in public institutions.

Answer 1

In 1954, the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education overturned the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. The court held that segregation was inherently unequal and a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and was therefore prohibited in public institutions.