Which statement best describes the relationship between the fourteenth
amendment and the african american civil rights movement?
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a. the scope of the fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
was expanded to protect more individual rights in response to
african americans' legal challenges.
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b. the fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause
african americans organize grassroots protests, but it did not
provide substantial legal protections.
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c. the fourteenth amendment's due process clause gave african
americans the right to sue in court for the first time, but it limited
their ability to appeal unfavorable rulings.
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d. the fourteenth amendment's due process clause specifically
protected african americans' rights in federal courts, but it left
racist legislatures with a great deal of independence.