Russia today or of antiquity?
The Lincoln bible.it was purchased it in 1861.
<span>They mostly took legal action. At first, after emancipation, former slaves expected full voting rights and forty acres and a mule. The law failed to provide them this, but they still campaigned for it. They brought many legal cases up in court to accomplish aims like abolishing the one drop law and restoring voting rights, but most were ineffective.</span>
The author Jacob Riis wrote "How the Other Half Lives" to portray the living conditions of New York City's housing for the poor in the late 19th century. He wrote it to show the richer people of society, including both upper and middle classes, how squalid and rough it was to live in these slums. Jacob Riis's work served as inspiration for housing reforms and continues to do so even today.
