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Struggles and hopes of African Americans

African Americans have suffered in slavery for almost 400 years. The slave owners had them picking cotton in the hot sun, living in shacks, being whipped if they read or didn’t listen to their masters and the females wore being raped by their slave owners. In 1862 Abraham Lincoln freed some of the slaves; it wasn’t easy for him, but managed to fight to free all the slaves in 1865, most of the slaves thank him for his contribution. Although they were free from slavery, during the 1960s the people still had their struggles in not be accepted at schools, stores, restaurants, parties and bathrooms. The government gave limited funding for their schools and the city was segregated. Young black Children wore being teased and beaten up and sadly sometimes being murdered by the older white teenagers because of their skin color, hair texture

> >There was one man that wanted to change American society his name is Martin L. King, a civil rights leader involved in helping his fellow African Americans. King made a contribution to America by saying his… “I have a dream speech”, that changed America forever. Five years later King was assonated in 1968, although he died he made the American dream come true. It appears that they ar

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