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Fight for Equality the Struggle Continues

Fight for Equality the Struggle Continues
The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776 and states that all men are created equal. Equal what does that mean? I mean that we are all on t he same level and should be treated the same. If we are all suppose to be treated the same how come the civil rights act which changed segregation laws didn’t happen until 1964. How equal were we before then, and just how equal are me now?? Despite sacrifices and the seemingly major advances in t he fight for equality, almost 40 years after the civil rights act was passed, t here is still a lot of discrimination taking place everyday in America. Great milestones have been made in the fight for civil rights, but true equality has not yet been reached.
“1963 is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will ...

Posted by: Jack Drewes

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