Question

Which of these statements is an assumption the Supreme Court made when it decided the Brown case?

Answer 1

The Supreme Court assumed that equal treatment cannot exist in separate facilities.

Answer 2

The correct answer is: equal treatment cannot exist in separate facilities.

Brown v. Board of Education is a case in which the Supreme Court ruled that there shouldn't be racial segregation in schools in the United States. A previous ruling (Plessy v. Ferguson) would state that "separate but equal" was a valid policy.

The Brown case came to disregard this thought and validate the idea that there's no such thing as an equal treatment if there are separate facilities.