How do these documents illustrate con- trasting understandings of freedom at
the dawn of the civil rights movement?

During the early stages of the Civil Rights Movement, freedom was emphasized as equality under the law, between men and women, but especially between Caucasian Americans, African Americans (and secondarily, all other minorities). Hope that helps!

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