While brown v. board of education was largely concerned with u. s. public schools, the supreme court’s assertion in its decision that so-called “separate but equal” facilities were inherently unequal meant which of the following?

select one:
a. segregation in any public facility would be unconstitutional.
b. some segregated public facilities were legal.
c. segregation was a flawed, but not unconstitutional system.
d. segregation would be extended to northern and western states.