Some observers claim that the Supreme Court's decision in Parents Involved in Community
Schools v.Seattle School District No.1 (2007) represents the "end of the Brown era" because it

A) explicitly overturned the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v.Board of Education.
B) rejected the precedent that strict scrutiny should be applied in cases about racial discrimination.
C) confirmed the precedent that strict scrutiny should be applied in cases about racial discrimination.
D) declared one of the few public strategies left to promote racial integration unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court's decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 declared one of the few remaining public strategies to promote racial integration, which was the use of race-conscious student assignment plans, unconstitutional. This decision did not explicitly overturn the Brown v. Board of Education decision, nor did it reject the precedent that strict scrutiny should be applied in cases about racial discrimination. However, it did represent a setback for the goals of the Brown era, which sought to end racial segregation in America's public schools.