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1855–1905. Inventor. Folding "cabinet-bed", forerunner of the Murphy bed; first African-American woman to receive a patent in the United States. [81] [82] [83] Grant, George F. 1846–1910. Dentist, professor. The first African-American professor at Harvard, Boston dentist, and inventor of a wooden golf tee .
First African American president Barack Obama. An African American is a person who lives in the United States whose ancestors were from Africa. It could also mean a first generation African immigrant who has citizenship in the United States. Some African Americans are also of Caribbean or Afro-Latino ancestry.
In 1920, 24% (218,612) of farms in the nation were Black-operated, less than 1% (2,026) were managed by Black people, and 76% (705,070) of Black farm operators were tenants. [22] The cotton industry in the United States hit a crisis in the early 1920s. Cotton and tobacco prices collapsed in 1920 following overproduction and the boll weevil pest ...
The National Museum of American History’s Archives Center collects, preserves, and provides access to numerous archival collections related to African American history . Some highlights include: Bernice Johnson Reagon Collection of African American Sacred Music. Duke Ellington Collection.
Category:African Americans. Category. : African Americans. This category is located at Category:African-American people. Note: There are no pages or files in this category. This list may not reflect recent changes ( ).
The history of African Americans in Los Angeles includes participation in the culture, education, and politics of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. The first blacks in Los Angeles were mulattos and Afro-Mexicans who immigrated to California from Sinaloa and Sonora in northwestern Mexico. [1]
List of African-American astronauts. The first three African Americans to travel into space – Ron McNair, Guy Bluford and Fred Gregory. African-American astronauts are Americans of African descent who have been part of an astronaut program, whether or not they have traveled into space. African-Americans who have been passengers on space ...
