Brown vs. Board of education was a pivotal legal decision made during the Civil Rights era. Choose the option that correctly gives the decision of the court case and the initial reaction to it by many whites in Southern communities: Question 15 options: A. Made “separate but equal” in schools legal, allowing segregation; earned the support of many white Southerners in the 1950’s B. Made “separate but equal” in schools illegal, ending Jim Crow laws; Earned the support of many white Southerners in the 1950’s C. Made “separate but equal” in schools legal; caused Southern white opponents to protest the end of Jim Crow laws D. Made “separate but equal” in schools illegal; caused Southern white opponents to resist the new law by stalling the integration process.