Question

Most likely why did the U.S. Supreme Court not order the immediate implementation of its ruling in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954?
(a) Some justices on the Court feared the outbreak of widespread violence with such a bold ruling.
(b) The Court wanted to give the defendants in the case the chance to appeal.
(c) Some of the justices had agreed to consent with the ruling only on the provision that it would not be implemented during their lifetimes.
(d) The plaintiffs in the case themselves had asked for a gradual desegregation of schools.
(e) The Court did not have authority to declare segregation instantly unconstitutional.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is a) Some justices on the Court feared the outbreak of widespread violence with such a bold ruling.

Explanation:

On May 17, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren issued the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, ruling that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The upshot: Students of color in America would no longer be forced by law to attend traditionally under-resourced black-only schools.