Why was the fourteenth amendment significant to the civil rights movement?

a. it guaranteed all former slaves a plot of land for farming or an adequate job for a steady income.
b. it stated that "separate but equal" facilities for african americans were unconstitutional, starting the process of integration in the south.
c. it ensured that states guaranteed all people born or naturalized in the united states the rights granted by the bill of rights.
d. it guaranteed all minority groups, including women, latinos, american indians, and african americans, the right to vote.

C. It ensured that states guaranteed all people born or naturalized in the United States the rights granted by the Bill of Rights.

Explanation:

The 14th Amendment was significant to the civil right movement because it established that all people born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the U.S. (which included African American, the main group who had been suffering from discrimination for decades). It also granted them the equal protection of the laws and the right to due process, that is to say, the protection of a person's life, liberty, and property in any of the states of America.

b.   jim crow laws were enacted in northern states.