Black Equality

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Black equality was not achieved then and is still not achieved today. If racial equality was achieved back then, it wouldn’t be a discussion today whether or not it was effective. If we have to ask the question of whether or not black equality was achieved, then it is evident and clear that there still isn’t equality. Even though it may have seemed back then in the north there was black equality there were still Jim Crow laws happening in the south. It was like going 1 step forward eliminating slavery but then 20 steps back adding Jim Crow laws. Now flashback to today there is police brutality, frisking, racial profiling, the KKK, black people are still fighting for civil rights to this day. Many people believe that since slavery has ended,

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