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5 days ago · 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 political progress of the United States.
- 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 - Civil Rights, Education, Equality: The...
- 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
4 days ago · African-American history started with the arrival of Africans to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. Former Spanish slaves who had been freed by Francis Drake arrived aboard the Golden Hind at New Albion in California in 1579.
4 days ago · In 1988, the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson urged Americans to use instead the term "African American" because it had a historical cultural base and was a construction similar to terms used by European descendants, such as German American, Italian American, etc. Since then, African American and black have often had parallel status.
1 day ago · African-American culture, also known as Black American culture or Black culture in American English, refers to the cultural expressions of African Americans, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture. African-American culture has been influential on American and global worldwide culture as a whole.
Apr 8, 2024 · African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa. In the United States, the terms are generally used for Americans with at least partial Sub-Saharan African ancestry.
- Bathsheba Love
- 2020
Apr 12, 2024 · Great Migration, in U.S. history, the widespread migration of African Americans in the 20th century from rural communities in the South to large cities in the North and West. At the turn of the 20th century, the vast majority of black Americans lived in the Southern states.
Apr 3, 2024 · There is a growing resentment of the word “Negro,” for example, because this term is the invention of our oppressor; it is his image of us that he describes. Many blacks are now calling themselves African-Americans, Afro-Americans or black people because that is our image of ourselves.
