The authors of the Fourteenth Amendment probably had not intended the equal protection clause to bar segregated schools.

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The authors of the Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, primarily aimed to protect the legal rights of newly freed African Americans in the post-Civil War era. At the time, the concept of racially integrated schools was not a widespread consideration, and segregated schools were common and legally permissible. The equal protection clause was initially interpreted in a manner that did not explicitly challenge the practice of segregated schooling. It wasn't until the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 that the equal protection clause was interpreted to bar segregated schools.

The Authors of the Fourteenth Amendment Probably Had Not Intended