Policies can disrupt individuals' ideas and beliefs and ultimately force them to follow new ideas and structures. The US Supreme Court played an important role in introducing the policies. These nine judges hold incredible power, and when they interpret the law and vote on their decisions, they also become political. Brown v. Board of Education, heard by the United States Supreme Court, concerned the ban on African-American children from entering public schools attended by white children; this policy was enforced because the laws prohibited integration. The Supreme Court made a unanimous decision in Brown's favor regarding school integration. “Separate but equal educational facilities for racial minorities are inherently unequal and violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. -YES. Despite the equalization of schools through “objective” factors, intangible issues foster and maintain inequality. Racial segregation in public education has a detrimental effect on minority children because it is interpreted as a sign of inferiority. The long-standing doctrine that separate structures were permitted as long as they were equal was rejected. Separate but equal is inherently unequal