Early Civil Rights Movement · US History

What did the Supreme Court order in Brown II in 1955?

  1. School desegregation should proceed with all deliberate speed
  2. Public schools should remain racially segregated indefinitely
  3. Only private schools had to desegregate
  4. Congress should abolish public education
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Correct answer: School desegregation should proceed with all deliberate speed

Brown II addressed how the Brown decision should be implemented. The Court instructed schools to desegregate with 'all deliberate speed,' a phrase that allowed some districts to delay integration.

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