Brown v. Board of Education primarily used the provisions of which amendment's Equal Protection Clause?

• A. Fourteenth Amendment
• B. First Amendment
• C. Fourth Amendment
• D. Sixth Amendment

Answer: (A)

The central idea is how the Fourteenth Amendment protects individuals from state actions that deny equal treatment. In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court used the Equal Protection Clause to say that racial segregation in public schools was inherently unequal, so it violated the guarantee that the laws must treat people equally. This struck down the idea of “separate but equal” in education and set a powerful precedent for desegregation by prohibiting state-sponsored racial classifications. The other amendments mentioned cover different rights—speech and religion (First), protection against unreasonable searches (Fourth), and criminal trial rights (Sixth)—which aren’t at issue in this case.