A Special Interest Group (SIG) -a term which was first introduced in 1961 by the Association for Computing Machinery- is a community that belongs to a bigger organized body. Its primary purpose is to progress in a particular section of knowledge, education or technology where members collaborate to create solutions inside their specific field. Also, they might produce reports, meet, and arrange conferences.
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New freedmen tended to be poor and less educated.
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