Not sure what you're looking for exactly, but they were certainly risking their lives and livelihoods. African-Americans weren't the only people to be lynched in the fight against racism- black and white abolitionists were at risk as well (though certainly whites to a lesser degree).
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maybe something that electorial college is a thing and a more complicated process, something other then the poles
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i hope this sparked your mind :)
The television was invented by Vladmir k. Zworykin
It would be Labor Unions.