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Feb 28, 2018 · Laws forbade African Americans from living in white neighborhoods. Segregation was enforced for public pools, phone booths, hospitals, asylums, jails and residential homes for the elderly and ...
Feb 20, 2024 · Fisher was an African-American physician, radiologist, novelist, short story writer, dramatist, musician, and orator. In addition to publishing scientific articles, he had a love of music.
Jan 18, 2024 · Learn more: Langston Hughes at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. 13. Michael Jordan (b. 1963) El Gràfico, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Michael Jordan is known for his phenomenal athleticism, competitive spirit, and leadership on the court.
Nov 9, 2009 · Corbis/Getty Images. The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans ...
The American Amateur Baseball Congress (founded 1935) conducts programs for youths age 8 to 19 and adults in seven divisions. By the late 1990s Little League (founded 1939), originally for boys 8 to 12 years old, had about 2,500,000 players in its baseball program and 400,000 in its softball program in 102 countries.
African Americans - Civil Rights, Equality, Activism: At the end of World War II, African Americans were poised to make far-reaching demands to end racism. They were unwilling to give up the minimal gains that had been made during the war. The campaign for African American rights—usually referred to as the civil rights movement or the freedom movement—went forward in the 1940s and ’50s ...
Feb 1, 2021 · Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019. Four Hundred Souls is a unique one-volume “community” history of African Americans. The editors, Ibram X. Kendi and ...
