Reread this passage from the Prologue article "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka: A Landmark Case Unresolved Fifty Years Lat
er." When the United States Supreme Court handed down its unanimous decision in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case fifty years ago this spring, it thrust the issue of school desegregation into the national spotlight.
The ruling that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" brought racial issues into the forefront of the national consciousness as never before and forced all Americans to confront a racially divided society and undemocratic social practices. At the same time, the decision opened the floodgates of decades of school desegregation suits in both the North and the South.
According to this passage, what were the immediate effects of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling? (Select all correct answers.)
Americans were forced to acknowledge the existence and impact of racial segregation.
Schools in all areas of the country were immediately integrated as the ruling required.
Many more African Americans decided to file lawsuits against their local school systems.
Other public spaces that had been segregated moved to end the practice as well.
