The us supreme court has interpreted the amendment to extend many national constitutional guarantees to the states

Fourteenth. Think of Wilson's 14 Points of the Treaty of Versailles

It developed as a reaction to the impact of european colonialism in africa on peoples of african descent. in the  mid-20th century, activists in africa adopted pan-africanism as a rallying cry for independence from colonial rule. some african pan-africanists sought to unite the continent as one independenthope it was useful