The equal protection provision of the Fourteenth Amendment __________
a) provided the legal basis for challenging segregation
b) was the biggest legal hurdle to overcoming the separate-but-equal doctrine
c) allowed the NAACP to challenge rulings that favored white lynch mobs
d) prevented courts from taking stronger action to end segregation at the state and local level
Answer: a
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