Unit 80 Civil Rights Movement against Segregation in the US During and after World War II, challenges to segregation became more common and more successful. Three major factors accounted for this: -- The Great Migration The great migration was the mo

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By David McAlary Washington 20 March 2007 Black Americans do not live as long as white Americans, but a new study shows that the gap in life expectancy is slowly closing. VOA's David McAlary says the findings explain some of the reasons why. Life exp

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - 42 Tells the Story of Jackie Robinson's Major League Breakthrough Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play in a major league baseba

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Economic Disparity Persists on Old Civil Rights Battleground SELMA, ALABAMA Thousands of people are gathering Saturday in the small U.S. Southern City of Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a historic voting rights march. The 1965

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On Friday, the New Zealand Rugby Union apologised to New Zealand for not allowing Maori All Blacks to play in South Africa in the past. Also on Friday, the South African Rugby Union apologised to New Zealand and to the South African black people who

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By Scott Bobb Soweto, South Africa 19 September 2007 South Africa is well-known for its wines, which are exported all over the world. But historically, fine wine inside the country was drunk primarily by the white minority and was appreciated by few

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Even with the right to vote, even with the right to sit anywhere on a bus or eat in any restaurant, black people were struggling. Too many did not have jobs. And those with jobs werent making enough to live decently. They lived in homes with no heat

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