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Sojourner Truth, Martin Luther King Jr., And Frederick Douglass

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America is a country of great diversity, but many people are not treated fairly, and have not been for years. Even to this day many Americans black and white are discriminated for their skin color or beliefs. This is a problem that has been going on for many centuries, and it is still apparent that to this day civil liberties from the past are still not resolved. Sojourner Truth, Martin Luther King Jr., and Frederick Douglass were all black rights activists, and in their lifetimes they affected many people black and white, yet the civil liberties from the past are still yet to be resolved. Sojourner Truth was a black rights activist, and in her lifetime she touched many lives, so after he death many woman placed their “I voted” sticker on

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