1. Freedom
If the Negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that "all men are created equal," and that there can be no moral right in connection with one mans" making slave of another." ... This was the beginning of the African American Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement was just one of many long-range effects of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation which acquired to gain equal rights for African American citizens of the United States. ... He envisioned all people as equals and took it upon himself to see that the entire American population was treated that w...
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