The equal protection clause was originally intended to protect
native americans
hispanic americans
african americans
asian americans

The Equal Protection Clause was originally intended to protect African Americans.

Before the Clause was passed, as part of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868), black people were the main group who had been suffering from discrimination. They were considered inferior socially and legally. It wasn't until the Thirteenth Amendment was passed, that became illegal to own them as slaves, still they suffered from the misfortunes of not being considered equal.

The Clause was an attempt to grant them equal rights by guarantying that no person or group will be denied the protection under the law. As it states:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all americans. the era has had a lasting impact on united states society, in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and in its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism. in the south violence and fraud in southern elections from 1868 to 1876, which had reduced black voter turnout and enabled southern white democrats to regain power in state legislatures across the south