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In the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas, there were a lot of arguments that persuaded the Supreme Court to overturn the doctrine of “separate but equal.” I feel that the most Significant argument was the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. The fourteenth amendment was an important factor in this case because it was part of the United States Constitution and it practically states that segregation of the races is wrong and unconstitutional. It wasn’t the entire fourteenth amendment that was needed to persuade them. Only the first section of the amendment was needed. The first section stated that, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citiz