Which are the Black Belt states of the US, and why are they called so
The 'Black Belt' region in the Southern United States is significant historically, geologically, and socio-politically. Known ...
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The Civil War and emancipation
On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states ... slaves or in giving rights to black people. For this reason, the ...
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Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
Reconstruction Acts passed after the war called for Black suffrage in the Southern states ... which granted citizenship to all people born in the United States, including former slaves.
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With 1.4 million undocumented people, Southern California will change as deportations ramp up
But the bottom line is clear: Nearly 1 out of every 9 people living in the United States illegally resides in the four-county region most Southern Californians call home. If the federal government ...