It has been useds to protect people's rights because it was added after the Civil War. It was added along with the 14th amendment. It was an attempt to give the Afican Americans the same rights as any free white man had.
African Americans
Rights or prpoperty without due process
protect individual rights against the tyranny of a strong central government
People had equal rights, both black and whites.
civil rights
The Central Purpose of the Equal Protection Clause (amendment 14) is to protect all rights given by the Bill of rights. For example the Equal Porotection Clause was made right after Civil war in which the 13th amendment freed slaves. So this clause was made that so these free slaves can have equal protection under the law. Though I personally feel that it took time for this to actually happen and I still feel today that this amendment has not been accomplished yet. But this is the central purpose for the Equal protection Clause.
civil rights
African Americans
African Americans
The Fourteenth Amendment, which guaranteed citizenship and equal protection under the law, was designed to protect the rights of newly freed African Americans following the Civil War. Later, other groups, such as Mexican Americans and Asian Americans, cited the Fourteenth Amendment in important court cases to argue for their right to equal protection under the law.
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Equal rights