At the Supreme Court’s conference regarding Brown v. Board, the justices decided to vote unanimously for Brown. This decision was based off of the thought that any deferring opinion could be seen as an excuse to avoid the new law. The Supreme Court decided that despite the equalized objective factors of the school, intangible issues lead to inequality. Racial segregation in public education has a negative effect on minority children because it is seen as a sign of inferiority. Separate but equal is inherently unconstitutional in the context of public education.
This is a landmark case because it ended segregation in any public place which at the time was a very controversial issue. It also struck down the Plessy v. Ferguson precedent.
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