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Civil Rights. It has haunted and blessed every African American in one way or another. Not only African Americans but all minorities alike. For more than a century, African Americans have been slaves, and victims of horrific crimes. Not because they’re violent people, nor because they deserve it in anyway, but because of their skin color. Simply that, their skin color. The first major event regarding African Americans was the American Civil War (1861-1865) which was between the Union States (against expansion of slavery), and the Confederate States (for expansion of slavery). All in all, after 4 years of this war, the Union won after the Confederates declared surrender. After the war, slavery was abolished by Abraham Lincoln (16th President). So African Americans were finally no longer slaves. But they were still treated unfairly. Unfairly until a century later. Mid 1950’s started a new era for African Americans that would ignite the nation and would stand as the ‘black......

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