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Having Our Say Part IV, Introduction Summary

How It All Goes Down

  • Although black Americans are no longer enslaved, they still aren't truly free. This inequality becomes codified in the Jim Crow laws that enforce segregation, starting in 1896. It will take nearly 60 years for these laws to be removed from the rule books.