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Discrimination During The Civil Rights Movement

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The civil rights movement was a significant period in American history, centered around the injustices of African Americans . Being owned as slaves until 1885 , discrimination continued into the 1900s. One major area of discrimination was unequal treatment in society . During the jim crow laws there were many different things going on like restrooms , restaurants , buses and water fountains. During these times there was a lot of police of brutality ,voting , poll taxes and test for voting . The blacks would get treated very differently. Police would hit blacks and hurt them . When all these things happened injustice things happened there were consequences . During the segregation time and unequal treatments to the blacks the blacks
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