Part B
Which excerpt best supports the author's claim identified in Part A?

This segregation was alleged to deprive the plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth
Amendment. (paragraph 2)


The plaintiffs contend that segregated public schools are not "equal" and cannot be made "equal," and that hence
they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws. (paragraph 3)


There are findings below that the Negro and white schools involved have been equalized, or are being equalized,
with respect to buildings, curricula, qualifications and salaries of teachers, and other "tangible" factors.
(paragraph 4)



In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the
opportunity of an education. (paragraph 6)