Which Constitutional Amendment was used to justify segregation; by stating that no state could deny citizens equal protection under the law. However Private organizations, were free to practice segregation.

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Which Constitutional Amendment was used to justify segregation; by stating that “no state” could deny citizens equal protection under the law. However Private organizations, were free to practice segregation.

A	14th Amendment
B	15th Amendment
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The decision in Plessy v. Ferguson was the first major inquiry into the meaning of the equal-protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits the states from denying “equal protection of the laws” to any person within their jurisdiction.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US. The 15th Amendment gave Black Americans the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-3: -No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Detailed explanation-4: -Congressman John A. Bingham of Ohio, the primary author of the first section of the 14th Amendment, intended that the amendment also nationalize the Bill of Rights by making it binding upon the states.

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