… It is important that the reasons for my action

be understood by all our citizens. As you know,

the Supreme Court of the United States has

decided that separate public educational facilities

for the races are inherently unequal and

therefore compulsory school segregation laws are

unconstitutional.…

— President Dwight D. Eisenhower, September 24, 1957

Which Supreme Court case is referred to in this

quotation?

(1) Dred Scott v. Sanford

(2) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

(3) Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States

(4) Tinker v. Des Moines School District