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Mehrunnisa Wani

Mehrunnisa Wani is a photojournalist and an adjunct professor at York College, The City University of New York. She is a longtime contributor to Forbes where she covers international development and inequity.

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Martin Luther King Jr. shakes hands with President Lyndon B. Johnson at the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Since the abolishment of slavery, the U.S. government has passed several laws to address discrimination and racism against African Americans.