Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of th
e segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Why does the Supreme Court conclude that the plaintiffs have been denied their rights
The Supreme Court concluded that the plaintiffs (black children) have been denied their rights because, by segregating them from white children, the state laws that legitimized such segregation and established different public schools for white and black children, contravenes the Fourteenth Amendment which guarantees equality and equal protection of the law.
