Which of the following best describes how brown v. board of education affected the united states?
it forced the southern states to desegregate their schools.
it allowed linda brown to attend a better public school.
it prompted the creation of the southern manifesto.
it dealt a blow to segregation in public facilities.

The correct answer is D.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court Case in which it was ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

It overruled a previous Supreme Court decision, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), that stated that racially segregated public facilities were legal as long as their were equal in quality ( 'separate but equal doctrine').

The plaintiff, Oliver Brown, filed a lawsuit against the Board of education of Topeka, Kansas. His daughter, Linda Brown, was denied access to Topeka's white school which was located seven blocks from her home. Instead, she had to walk six blocks to her school bus to ride 1 mile to her segregated black school.

In his lawsuit, Brown claimed that this segregation violated the so called 'equal protection clause' of the 14th Amendment that guarantees equal protection of the laws to every person.

The ruling of this case raised awareness about racial segregation in the United States and gave way to the civil right movement.

The correct answer is D.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court Case in which it was ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.

It overruled a previous Supreme Court decision, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), that stated that racially segregated public facilities were legal as long as their were equal in quality ( 'separate but equal doctrine').

The plaintiff, Oliver Brown, filed a lawsuit against the Board of education of Topeka, Kansas. His daughter, Linda Brown, was denied access to Topeka's white school which was located seven blocks from her home. Instead, she had to walk six blocks to her school bus to ride 1 mile to her segregated black school.

In his lawsuit, Brown claimed that this segregation violated the so called 'equal protection clause' of the 14th Amendment that guarantees equal protection of the laws to every person.

The ruling of this case raised awareness about racial segregation in the United States and gave way to the civil right movement.

The correct answer is D) It dealt a blow to segregation in public facilities.

The statement that best describes how Brown v. Board of Education affected the United States is "It dealt a blow to segregation in public facilities."

We are talking about the case of 1954 that represented an important step in the fight of civil rights organizations in America against segregation and racism.

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896, that Court had ruled that segregation was correct in public facilities if facilities for both -white and black- were equal. So in the case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the Court made the final decision on May 17, 1954, stating that "separate but equal" was not correct in public education and segregated schools were not equal. So Linda Brown had to be accepted in school.

The correct answer is D) It dealt a blow to segregation in public facilities.

The statement that best describes how Brown v. Board of Education affected the United States is "It dealt a blow to segregation in public facilities."

We are talking about the case of 1954 that represented an important step in the fight of civil rights organizations in America against segregation and racism.

In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896, that Court had ruled that segregation was correct in public facilities if facilities for both -white and black- were equal. So in the case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the Court made the final decision on May 17, 1954, stating that "separate but equal" was not correct in public education and segregated schools were not equal. So Linda Brown had to be accepted in school.