Equal Rights

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This paper discusses the history of the African-American people, with a focus on civil rights and equality. The paper presents various cases that highlight the hardships they faced with during their fight for equal rights. The paper focuses on the Brown vs. Board of Education case of 1954, claiming that there is no case in the education board's history that played a more important role or served as a bigger judicial turning point than this case. The paper contends that this case impacted not only the education system in the country, but the fate of all African-Americans in United States.

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"African Americans have had a long and painful encounter with subjugation, oppression and brutality. Their history is undeniably plagued with inhumane treatment and violence simply on the basis of their skin color. Man stooped to its lowest possible status when he began discriminating against people on color and race. No single race has had as unfortunate a history as African Americans who were rudely denied their rights during slavery era and were arrogantly kept away from the same after emancipation. Many blacks were hopeful of a better life when Abraham Lincoln declared emancipation for every black slave in the country. However since he himself died soon after, Blacks faced an uphill task getting their due share of public place during Reconstruction and prior to the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s."

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