The Last Battle of the civil War

The emancipation proclamation didn't end slavery, it just ended slavery in the south. Think about that one for a while. It was still legal to own slaves in the North at that time.

Regarding segregation, just go and check out the link below. The schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, for instance, have still never desegregated from the order of the 60s. It's a big mess.

http://speakout.com/activism/apstories/10063-1.html