14th Amendment
The 14th amendment provided the backbone for the civil rights movement. The civil rights movement was able to make major gains because it was able to make an argument for civil rights with the constitution on its side. The amendment insures that everyone will be treated equally. The civil rights movement, and Earl Warren used the fourteenth amendment to make important advancements for civil rights. Once the movement had proved the 14th amendment was being violated, they gained the entire federal governments duty to protect their rights regardless of where they lived, and sparked an old argument over states rights where the federal government was bound to win. One of the most notorious lines from the constitution is found in section 1 of the 14th amendment. “Nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law; nor deny to any perso
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