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African Americans constitute one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States. African Americans are mainly of African ancestry, but many have non-Black ancestors as well. Learn more about African Americans, including their history, culture, and contributions.
- 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
When slavery was abolished in 1865, African Americans were...
- Great Depression, New Deal, Struggles
African Americans - Great Depression, New Deal, Struggles:...
- A New Direction
African Americans - Civil Rights, Education, Equality: The...
- Black Seminoles
The Black Seminoles were recognized for their aggressive...
- Slavery in The United States
Aside from black American, these include Afro-American (in use from the late 1960s to 1990) and African American (used in the United States to refer to Black Americans, people often referred to in the past as American Negroes).
e. 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. [1] The European colonization of the Americas, and the resulting Atlantic slave trade, led to a large ...
In 2020, 95 percent of Black women and 87 percent of Black men voted for Mr. Biden, according to the Pew Research Center.But recent polls show that he is lagging among some groups of Black voters ...
Thurgood Marshall, center, would later become the first African American to sit on the Supreme Court. The Response In The South In the 16 states where schools were segregated by law until Brown v.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) presents the history, art, and culture of African American people from slavery to the present day. It was established by an act of Congress in 2003 and opened to the public in September 2016.
Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
