What amendment did the NAACP claim southern states were violating when they lacked black graduate education facilities or refused admittance to blacks?

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The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law for all citizens, including access to educational facilities. The NAACP claimed that the refusal of admission to black students or the lack of graduate education facilities for them was a violation of this amendment.

What Amendment Did the NAACP Claim Southern States Were Violating