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Informative Essay On African Americans

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My topic i will be writing about will be on African Americans. The reason why i picked this topic was because of their history. All African american live change during the years. All africans became slaves, many white folks own african Americans. Some were even KILLED or HARM if they didn’t follow the orders they were told to do. Their kids would be taken away from them, little kids would get treated bad as well as the parents. Blacks were treated so unfair back then, and i still think they are being treated unfair to this days. Big opportunities were taken away from them, school was expensive for them. Parents had their kids working at a small age to pay for school supply or for shoes any needs. One reason why i think they were treated

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