The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to reverse the lower court decision (and the Plessy decision). "We conclude that in the field of public education the idea of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a bad effect on the colored children. The sense of inferiority created by this law-imposed segregation affects the motivation of a child to learn. Educational opportunity, where the state has taken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms. The law allowing for the segregation of public schools denies students the equal opportunity of an education.
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