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5 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 ...
- Slavery in The United States
African Americans - Slavery, Resistance, Abolition: Black...
- Tuskegee Airmen
In January 1941 the War Department formed the all-black 99th...
- The Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement. At the end of World War II,...
- The Civil War Era
African Americans - Civil War, Slavery, Emancipation: The...
- The Age of Booker T. Washington
African Americans - Education, Upward Mobility, Leadership:...
- Great Depression, New Deal, Struggles
The Great Depression of the 1930s worsened the already bleak...
- A New Direction
African Americans reached the pinnacle of U.S. politics when...
- Black Seminoles
The Black Seminoles were recognized for their aggressive...
- Garifuna
Other articles where Garifuna is discussed: Latin American...
- Bud Billiken Parade
Since the 1940s the Bud Billiken Parade has been run by...
- Slavery in The United States
6 days ago · Knowledge of Black history. Surveys of 11th- and 12th-grade students and adults in 2005 show that American schools have given students an awareness of some famous figures in Black history. Both groups were asked to name 10 famous Americans, excluding presidents.
2 days ago · W.E.B. Du Bois (born February 23, 1868, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 27, 1963, Accra, Ghana) was an American sociologist, historian, author, editor, and activist who was the most important Black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. He shared in the creation of the National ...
- Elliott Rudwick
3 days ago · The Black people of Charleston knew about the mass grave, organized, went to the site and re-interred all those buried there. They couldn’t mark the graves with names because they did not have them, but they built a fence around the cemetery and whitewashed it. This was followed on May 1 st 1865 with a parade of 10,000 people.
2 days ago · This is a museum where you can create your own experience—from quiet reflection in the African Ancestors Memorial Garden to an immersive, eye-opening tour through our galleries to transformative discoveries in the Center for Family History. Check for updates, read our guidelines, and begin to plan your own journey. The museum documents the ...
Opinion: Giving your child a name they need to spell out every time someone asks their details (just to be unique) is a d*ck move. upvotes · comments r/namenerds
3 days ago · The Black people of Charleston knew about the mass grave, organized, went to the site and re-interred all those buried there. They couldn’t mark the graves with names because they did not have them, but they built a fence around the cemetery and whitewashed it. This was followed on May 1 st 1865 with a parade of 10,000 people.
