The Equal Rights Amendment Was Defeated because a. congress will not pass it
b. it was hell to be unconstitutional
c. not enough state legislators passed it.
d. Richard Nixon vetoed it​

At the time of the brown v. board of education decision,schools were segregated everywhere in the country.several states had laws requiring segregated schools.schools in nearly every state has been desegregated.segregation was common in the north, but not in the south.