How was the Fourteenth Amendment used to end the doctrine of “separate but equal”?
A.
The Court declared that an equal number of black and white schools had to be created.
B.
The Court extended “the equal protection of the laws” to the use of public facilities.
C.
It was left to the states to decide how best to address the overturning of “separate but equal.”
D.
Brown v. Board only applied to the schools in Topeka, Kansas, nowhere else.
I think its B
I apologize. I misread your answer. B is right;
No. Why are you posting a guess here?
Not a guess. I believe it should be B because when the "separate but equal" law was overturned, it applied to other facilities (to my knowledge). It cannot be A, I do not think (D) Brown v Board only applied to Topeka, and I do not think (from what I read) that states were left to make the decisions in this scenario
You are correct, the Fourteenth Amendment was used to end the doctrine of "separate but equal" through option B: The Court extended "the equal protection of the laws" to the use of public facilities.
The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, includes a clause which states that no state shall "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." This clause has been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court to apply to racial segregation and discrimination.
The landmark case that played a pivotal role in ending the doctrine of "separate but equal" was Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional because it violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education declared that racially segregated schools inherently created a sense of inferiority among African American students, and that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal. This ruling marked a significant shift in the Court's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment, extending the principle of equal protection to public facilities beyond just schools.
So, option B accurately describes how the Fourteenth Amendment was used in Brown v. Board of Education to end the doctrine of "separate but equal."