What was the outcome of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954?

The outcome of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954 was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal facilities are inherently unequal. This ruling specifically addressed the issue of racial segregation in public schools, overturning the precedent set by the earlier case Plessy v. Ferguson, which had upheld the separate but equal doctrine. The Court’s decision declared that segregation in public education violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, thus mandating that public schools could not be segregated based on race. This case was pivotal in the Civil Rights Movement, as it set a legal foundation for challenging segregation and discrimination across various aspects of public life.