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The first civilizations formed on the banks of rivers. The most notable examples are the Ancient Egyptians, who were based on the Nile, the Mesopotamians in the Fertile Crescent on the Tigris/Euphrates rivers, the Ancient Chinese on the Yellow River, and the Ancient India on the Indus.
They were laws governing the conduct of African Americans (free blacks)
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was an astronaut from Oklahoma and was one of the seven original members of Project Mercury, also known as Mercury 7.
This act came into force to prohibited racial discrimination against blacks. This law made it clear that it is a crime if anyone does discrimination on the basis of race or color.
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