The Emancipation Proclamation freed 3.1 million of the nation's 4 million slaves.
<span>The supreme court began to change its position on racial discrimination in the 1930's. Race and inequality has shaped American history from its beginnings. The U.S Supreme Court decided many civil rights cases, providing a foundation for the way that our civil rights are currently protected today.</span>
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The functions of the Njuri-Ncheke are to make and execute community laws, to listen to and settle disputes, and to pass on community knowledge and norms across the generations in their role as the custodians of traditional culture. A lesser-known, yet important function of the Njuri-Ncheke, is overseeing and enforcing the rules and regulations controlling the use and conservation of open grasslands, salt-licks and forests. Their work as conservators extends to the preservation of sacred sites.