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5 days ago · Annenberg Learner - Langston Hughes (1902-1967) (May 09, 2024) Langston Hughes (born February 1, 1902?, Joplin, Missouri, U.S.—died May 22, 1967, New York, New York) was an American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and made the African American experience the subject of his writings, which ranged from poetry and ...
- Vachel Lindsay
Vachel Lindsay was an American poet who—in an attempt to...
- The Negro Speaks of Rivers
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- The Crisis
The Crisis, American quarterly magazine published by the...
- Fire
Responses to the magazine ranged from minimal notice in the...
- Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill (born March 2, 1900, Dessau, Germany—died April...
- Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov (born April 22, 1899, St. Petersburg,...
- Vachel Lindsay
3 days ago · Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam (NOI) until 1964, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam ...
3 days ago · Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 [1] – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. [2] [3] After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, [4] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively ...
- Guiding enslaved people to freedom
- March 10, 1913 (aged 90–91), Auburn, New York, U.S.
- Araminta Ross, c. March 1822, Dorchester County, Maryland, U.S.
23 hours 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 ...
- Hollis Lynch
2 days ago · Jackie Robinson (born January 31, 1919, Cairo, Georgia, U.S.—died October 24, 1972, Stamford, Connecticut) was the first Black baseball player to play in the American major leagues during the 20th century. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the decades-old “color line” of Major League Baseball (MLB) when he appeared on the field for the ...
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6 days ago · Frederick Douglass was a major African-American abolitionist, reformer, and writer. Douglas, who escaped slavery himself, was famous before and during the Civil war as an orator and writer fighting for abolition. His 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, detailed his life as a slave and is still read today.
2 hours ago · Timeline of African-American history; Destination Freedom – 1948–1949 radio dramas that retell African-American history, many written by Richard Durham; Military history of African Americans; Military history of African Americans in the Vietnam War; National Museum of African American History and Culture; African-American Heritage Sites
