Slavery in Black and White Study Guide Documentary

THE RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF SLAVERY

One of the things that Dr. King exposed about this country was its dark history of slavery followed by a new system of oppression called Jim Crow segregation . King was clear about the residual effects of slavery. He believed that centuries of slavery did two things: (1) It afforded whites legal, economic, and social benefits; and (2) It deprived blacks of legal, economic, and social benefits that all citizens are entitled to in a democracy.

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