The outcome of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case was a landmark Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. This unanimous ruling overturned the precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) which upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine. The Court stated that segregated educational facilities were inherently unequal, thus violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The decision was a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement, leading to increased activism aimed at desegregation and greater social justice. It laid the groundwork for further legal challenges to segregation and discrimination.