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The black experience in the United States is one which has been affected by a mindset of superiority of those that first bound them into slavery, by the societal segregation which haunted them for years after the end of the Civil War, and by numerous legislative attempts to make up for past wrongs. These attempts centered of course around the Civil Rights movement and friction between blacks and whites which continue to exist to this day. This paper presents the events which occurred throughout history from the perspective of its impact on the life of a fictional family of blacks who lived from the time of slavery to the present.
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the time that they arrived to these shores to the present their existence has differed considerably from other racial representatives of our society. Their experience is one which has
been affected by a mindset of superiority of those that first bound them into slavery, by the societal segregation which haunted them for years after the end of the Civil
War, and by numerous legislative attempts to make up for past wrongs. These attempts centered of course around the Civil Rights movement and friction between blacks and whites which
continue to exist to this day. To understand the factors which have, and indeed continue to, influence blacks in this country it is instructive to follow the life of
a fictional family of blacks from the time of slavery to the present. While the family which will be presented in this paper is fictional, the circumstances which are
portrayed as having shaped their life experiences are indeed very real. The fictional family which will be presented in this paper is based
to some degree on a young man presented first by author Howard Fast in his novel "Freedom Road". The historical novel is an extremely interesting account of the plight
of the American black after the Civil War. Written from the viewpoint of Gideon Jackson, a young black man who attempts his rise to a better social position simultaneously
with the rise of the KKK, "Freedom Road" is a recapitulation both of the value of education and societal equality and of the ignorance of racism and suppression. While
a portion of this paper will be based on the information Fast presents us in regard to the details of the life of Gideon Jackson, I have taken the liberty
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