... with whites for freedom and equality. Our constitution is the oldest written document that is still used and is still in effect today. "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ... ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America". The preamble of the constitution explains the purposes of the government based on the will of ... segregation. After she wa...

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... events that occurred over the course of many years. People like Malcolm X, who led black Muslims in their fight against oppression and prejudice; Martin Luther King Jr. who led a nonviolent movement to change the ways in which black Americans were treated, and essentially to end segregation; and Rosa Parks, who refused to relinquish her seat to a white woman on a public bus, which led to the bus boycott ... insurrection which ultimately resulted in the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as the granting of voting rights to black Americans, giving African Americans the freed...

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