... than that of whites. Many black people still live on welfare in ghettos. Black people have been struggling for centuries to reach equality in America. They fought against their status as slaves from the late 1600s until President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Soon after, slaves were liberated and given the right of citizens. By the late 1800s, prejudiced white Southerners passed state laws that went against ... new changes. These laws supported segregation practices and kept blacks from voting. The struggle went on and King tried to improve the quality of...

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