Answer to Question 3a NameClassActivity 11, The Civil Rights Movement, continuedDocument 3DateBrown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and localgovernments.... In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonablybe expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is aright which must be made available to all on equal terms.We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children inpublic schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilitiesand other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minoritygroup of equal educational opportunities? We believe that it does....Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detri-mental effect upon the colored children. The impact is greater when it hasthe sanction of the law, for the policy of separating the races is usually inter-preted as denoting the inferiority of the negro group. A sense of inferiorityaffects the motivation of a child to learn. Segregation with the sanction oflaw, therefore, has a tendency to [retard] the educational and mental devel-opment of negro children and to deprive them of some of the benefits theywould receive in a racially integrated school system....We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of "sepa-rate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherentlyunequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situatedfor whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregationcomplained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed bythe Fourteenth Amendment.--Chief Justice Earl Warren, writing for a unanimous Court3a. Why does the court's opinion maintain that segregated schools are "inherentlyunequal"?3b. According to the court's opinion, what is the most important thing that state andlocal governments do?Copyright by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved.American History93Document-Based Activities

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Answer to Question 3a NameClassActivity 11, The Civil Rights Movement, continuedDocument 3DateBrown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and localgovernments.... In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonablybe expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is aright which must be made available to all on equal terms.We come then to the question presented: Does segregation of children inpublic schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilitiesand other &#34;tangible&#34; factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minoritygroup of equal educational opportunities? We believe that it does....Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detri-mental effect upon the colored children. The impact is greater when it hasthe sanction of the law, for the policy of separating the races is usually inter-preted as denoting the inferiority of the negro group. A sense of inferiorityaffects the motivation of a child to learn. Segregation with the sanction oflaw, therefore, has a tendency to [retard] the educational and mental devel-opment of negro children and to deprive them of some of the benefits theywould receive in a racially integrated school system....We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of &#34;sepa-rate but equal&#34; has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherentlyunequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situatedfor whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregationcomplained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed bythe Fourteenth Amendment.--Chief Justice Earl Warren, writing for a unanimous Court3a. Why does the court's opinion maintain that segregated schools are &#34;inherentlyunequal&#34;?3b. According to the court's opinion, what is the most important thing that state andlocal governments do?Copyright by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved.American History93Document-Based Activities

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The Court's opinion in Brown v. Board of Education asserts that segregated schools are inherently…

3a. Why does the court's opinion maintain that segregated schools are "inherently unequal"?