What was the 14th amendment (ratified in 1868) originally designed to do?

A.

grant citizenship rights and protection for those rights to recently freed slaves

B.

prohibit integration of African Americans and whites

C.

uphold the grandfather clauses

D.

legalize prohibition

A. The fourteenth amendment is commonly referred to as "the equal protection of the laws". The 14th amendment was used in some supreme court cases to defend the unlawful treatment of black individuals and protect their rights as humans. Some supreme court case examples are: Brown vs. board of education, and university of California vs. Blakke