... , hollow mockery .There is not a nation on the Earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States," stated Frederick Douglass at an Independence Day speech in New York. Like Douglass, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King realized that white people have committed injustices against blacks and as a result blacks do not have equal rights or opportunities ... ...

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... that through segregation no equality was going to be gained. In fact, life towards blacks would only get worse. We see this problem arise in the book American Apartheid by Douglass S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton. With segregation we see many problems occur with blacks. One major factor part of equality was the black ghettos. The ghettos were a major factor between the ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... do a lot more work with each other and not let the oppressors push us around. One day I think that Malcom X will be up with all the famous people like Fredrick Douglass, Albert Einstien, Tomas Edison and many others. ...

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• Grade Level: High School