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Segregation Should Be Abolished In The 1960's

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America, as full of mixed races as it can be, carries on racial discrimination since the beginning. Black men and women were perceived as unequal to those with light skin and placed far below them, serving for those with pale skin as slaves. They were kept unknowledgeable and mistreated till around Lincoln’s presidency when slaves were freed and black men were given the same rights as white men. However, years of slavery had planted a negative connotation on all of America, convincing white people that they were superior. Segregation was abolished in the 1960’s when the Civil Rights Movement took place, allowing black people to have the same rights as any other American citizen. Despite all the protests and lawfully justifying rights, there

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