... citizenship on the freedman and prohibited states from abridging their constitutional privileges and immunities. It also barred any state from taking a persons life, liberty, and property without due process of law and from denying equal protection of laws. When these amendments were passed I think it gave many blacks the courage to express themselves and stand up for what they believe in ... , he wrung his eloquent statement of his dream of what American could be. He helped us overcome our ignorance of one another. He spoke out against a war he felt was unjust, as he had spoken out agai...

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