The fourteenth amendment gave rights to citizenship and equal protection under the law for all those born in the U.S.
Thus, the idea of “separate but equal” facilities was not consistent with the fourteenth amendment as the facilities were almost always never equal (which included schools, bathrooms, waiting areas, etc.) and African Americans were given less protection, education, and rights through that.
The answer is A. I just took the quiz and it was correct.
I think its church ministers since the puritans were all for religion.