Judicial support to the gradual advance of civil rights guarantees for African Americans and other minorities was based primarily on the ________ Amendment.

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The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, provided equal protection under the law to all citizens and was the basis for many landmark civil rights cases, including Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and Loving v. Virginia (1967). The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, the Fifteenth Amendment granted voting rights to African American men, and the Nineteenth Amendment granted voting rights to women. The Tenth Amendment established the principle of federalism, reserving powers to the states not delegated to the federal government. While each of these amendments has been important in the development of civil rights in the United States, the Fourteenth Amendment has been the primary basis for judicial support of civil rights for minorities.

Judicial Support to the Gradual Advance of Civil Rights Guarantees