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  2. African-American history - Wikipedia

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    The American Revolutionary War, which saw the Thirteen Colonies become independent and transform into the United States, led to great social upheavals for African Americans; Black soldiers fought on both the British and the American sides, and after the conflict ended the Northern United States gradually abolished slavery.

  3. Timeline of African-American history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of African-American history, the part of history that deals with African Americans. Europeans arrived in what would become the present day United States of America on August 9, 1526. With them, they brought families from Africa that they had captured and enslaved with intentions of establishing themselves and future ...

  4. 100 Greatest African Americans - Wikipedia

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    100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley.

  5. 30 Black Americans To Celebrate During Black History Month ...

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    Maya Angelou speaks during the AARP Magazine's 2011 Inspire Awards. Every Black History Month and Juneteenth, pioneers in African American history are often mentioned like Dr. Martin Luther King ...

  6. Timeline of African-American firsts - Wikipedia

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    First Broadway musical written by African-Americans, and the first to star African-Americans: In Dahomey; First African-American woman to found and become president of a bank: Maggie L. Walker, St. Luke Penny Savings Bank (since 1930 the Consolidated Bank & Trust Company), Richmond, Virginia [108]

  7. African Americans - Wikipedia

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    Mixed-race Hispanic and non-Hispanic Americans who identified as being part Black, represented 0.9% of the population. Of the 12.6% of United States residents who identified as Black, around 10.3% were "native Black American" or ethnic African Americans, who are direct descendants of West/Central Africans brought to the US as slaves.

  8. Here's What the Black History Month Colors Are and What They Mean

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    Yes! The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)'s has chosen a theme for Black History Month every year since 1928, per their official website. According to Parry ...

  9. The Afro Latino who redefined how Black history is remembered

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    Arturo Schomburg, a foundational figure in the preservation of Black history, left a blueprint as an Afro Latino scholar on how to question traditional history.