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African Americans have been put down and enslaved for many years, but now that has all changed. In 1863 slavery ended and African Americans were equal to the white man, even though a lot of African Americans were not treated any differently by many white people. When we look back on history it surprises us that we would have treated our own people in such a way, expeacially now that the leader of our country is African American. Many amazing people who have affected the lives of todays people were African American. All though our president has only just officially put in office, it is still a very big impact on this world. Obama is our first ever African American president. This can be looked upon as a good thing and a bad thing. Many will see this as a bad thing because of the racism that pollutes this world. Others will think of this as what i think is truly an amazing historical thing to happen in my life time. African Americans have come a long way since 1863, when not many people would even higher them, to our great leader of this country.