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Civil Rights Argumentative Analysis
Freedom shouldn’t be determined to be given to anyone based on the color of

their skin. African Americans suffered immensely because of mistreatment and fear

based off a color. Civil rights activist as Martin Luther King Jr. changed the African

American community forever. He wanted peace and change just like everyone else, now

looking forward over fifty years all men are created equal today.

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