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10,000 years ago, the first people came to the Americas over the Bering Stait from Siberia in Asia -
The US wanted Independence from the British cown and wrote the Declaration of Independence, singed by the Founding Fathers. Among them, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. -
Planation owners saw the need for cheap labor, and the first legal slave owner was recognized in 1654, and they were part of the triangle trade. Slavery was officaly abolishd in 1865 at this time as the country moved towards the abolition of slavery and slaves were experiencing their first years of freedom, the Indian reservation. -
After the second world war, altough it was almost 100 years since slavery was abolished, segreation and discrimination were still common. However things were beginning to happen. In 1954, the supreme courth decided that the idea of "seperate but equal" was unconstuional, and segreation of publich schools was no longer allowed. The following year. -
From 2009-2017, the US had its first African-American president, Barak Obama. In addition, Kamala Harris became the first female Vice president in 2021. Therfore, it is tempting to think that everyone has equal rights and opputunites. There have been som improvements, for example in the number of African-American completing high school and university and in the number of African-American in the leadning positsions in politics.