Hold your horses, segregation was abolished in 1954, not sure US has ever been close from "the freest place on earth".
For the freest place on earth we are super high up on the list of incarcerated per capita.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera...
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For the freest place on earth we are super high up on the list of incarcerated per capita.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarcera...