This segregation was alleged to deprive the plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment ... field of public education. In Cumming v. County Board of Education ...

When the Supreme Court delivered its historic Brown v ... “equal education opportunities” and thus deprived them of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.

“In the 20th century, more broader questions were litigated under the 14th Amendment, like Brown v. Board of Education — ...

With this landmark decision, the United States put an end to racially segregated schools on the grounds that they violated the 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection to all Americans. The ...