Personal Narrative Essay: America's Gift To My Generation

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America`s Gift to My Generation America has a gift to every generation. Its gift to my generation is freedom, rights as a citizen, and equality for all races and cultures. In 1918 all blacks and women got the right to vote. When Lyndon Johnson signed voting rights act it became that black men over 21 could now vote and women over 31 could also vote if you owned property. Now if you rented property at a certain price you could vote instead of having to own property. If you had rights you should be able to own land and have a job instead of being a slave like the old days. With rights as a citizen you should be able to pursue happiness if want. You should be able to run for federal government. When I think of equality i think of people all

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