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Essay: The experience of black people was that they were treated in their own country as if they were not Americans at all, 1920 - 1930
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... Essay: "The experience of black people was that they were treated in their own country as if they were not Americans at all" Reference: 1920 - 1930 Black people were first imported to America as slaves in the 17th century. In 1865 they gained freedom from slavery by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. However, did this mean that black people were equally treated by all the respectable citizens of the United States? This essay focuses mainly on the 1920 - 1930 period when America was a prosperous nation and black Americans were supposedly free. It examines whether they were treated unequally to the rest of the American population and seeks to find a reasonable conclusion. Firstly, black Americans were not treated with equality in their country as they were segregated from "white" facilities and were denied of an education. Negroes were not allowed to dine in restaurants for white people, they were treated
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