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Defining Civil Rights
Slavery in the United States officially ended in 1865 with the end of the Civil War. But that was not the end of the mistreatment of African Black people.
By the turn of the century, a system had been made up to keep Black people “in their place.” This place was lower socially, economically, and politically to that of White people. The system was called segregation, or the separation of the races.
