... , Blacks would still be in the poor, poverty stricken situation they were previously in. However, with the passing of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendment, Civil Rights advancement now had a foundation to be built from, and give other Black campaigners a chance to shine in the light of chance as a martyr for all Blacks. Ninety per cent of Blacks lived in the ... Civil Rights groups. If it was not for campaigners like Booker T. Washington in the early 1900's, then it is questionable as to whether Civil Rights would have been at the stage they were when King came to tackling...

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