Question

which supreme court ruling was overturned by the decision to desegregate public schools on the basis that separate... is inherently unequal?
brown v. board of education
brown v. board of education ii (brown ii)
sweatt v. painter
plessy v. ferguson

Explanation:

The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling, which established that "separate but equal" public facilities are inherently unequal, overturned the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision. Plessy v. Ferguson had upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine for public spaces. The other options are incorrect: Brown v. Board of Education is the ruling that overturned the earlier case, Brown v. Board of Education II ordered desegregation with "all deliberate speed," and Sweatt v. Painter was a precursor case focused on graduate education segregation.

Answer:

D. Plessy v. Ferguson