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May 8, 2024 · A common myth: It is commonly believed that African Americans took the surname of the slave owner, however, this is certainly not always the case. Originally slaves had no surnames, only given names, and did not take a surname unless need for a certain type of documentation or after manumission. Some enslaved people or newly freed people may ...
2 days ago · African Americans are mainly of African ancestry, but many have non-Black ancestors as well. African Americans are largely the descendants of enslaved people who were brought from their African homelands by force to work in the New World. Their rights were severely limited, and they were long denied a rightful share in the economic, social, and ...
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Apr 30, 2024 · African American literature is the body of literature written by Americans of African descent. Beginning in the pre-Revolutionary War period, African American writers have engaged in a creative, if often contentious, dialogue with American letters. The result is a literature rich in expressive subtlety and social insight, offering illuminating assessments of American identities and history ...
3 days ago · The Great Migration was the movement of some six million African Americans from rural areas of the Southern states of the United States to urban areas in the Northern states between 1916 and 1970. It occurred in two waves, basically before and after the Great Depression .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Why did many African Americans participate in the Great Migration?Many African Americans in the South found themselves trapped in sharecropping jobs and other forms of debt peonage with no hope of improvement in t...
- How did the Great Migration affect African American culture?The greater economic and educational opportunities led to an explosion of artistic expression in music and literature. Migrants and their children...
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May 3, 2024 · The library has a growing collection of material relating to African-American history and culture. In addition to searching the library catalog for full-length books and printed primary sources, and JumpStart for secondary source journal articles, you can use the following specialized databases to locate additional sources.
- Malinda Triller-Doran
- 2013
2 days ago · Although many African-American names are common among the larger population of the United States, distinct naming trends have emerged within African-American culture. Prior to the 1950s and 1960s, most African-American names closely resembled those used within European American culture.
3 days ago · A selection of 100 oral history interviews, with transcripts, chronicling African American life during the age of legal segregation in the American South, from the 1890s to the 1950s. Interviews are browsable by state, interviewee name, gender and occupation.
