Answer: ( homage)
Explanation:European society, solemn acts of ritual by which a person became a vassal of a lord in feudal society. Homage was essentially the acknowledgment of the bond of tenure that existed between the two
I believe the answer is C) both ruled over the Mali Empire in Africa
The answer to this is African Americans.
Back around World War II they mostly pay attention to the war so the whole racism left African Americans alone because around that time they didn't quite care for that too much because they mostly want to keep on the whole war thing. Around that time the U.S was just about getting ready to get involved.
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