Question

what was the difference between the supreme court decisions in sweatt v. painter and brown v. board of education?
sweatt ruled that \separate but equal\ graduate and professional schools were constitutional. brown overturned that decision.
sweatt struck down \separate but equal\ public schools. brown struck down \separate but equal\ graduate schools.
sweatt struck down \separate but equal\ graduate and professional schools. brown struck down \separate but equal\ public schools.
sweatt concerned african american voting rights. brown concerned equal access to education for african americans.

Explanation:

Sweatt v. Painter (1950) focused on graduate/professional education, finding the "separate but equal" standard unmet for law school, effectively striking down it for that level. Brown v. Board of Education (1954) extended this to public K-12 schools, ruling "separate but equal" unconstitutional for all public primary/secondary education. The other options misstate the cases' scopes: the first reverses their rulings, the second swaps their targets, and the fourth incorrectly links Sweatt to voting rights.

Answer:

Sweatt struck down "separate but equal" graduate and professional schools. Brown struck down "separate but equal" public schools.