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The popular names Aisha, [4] Aaliyah, [18] and others are also examples of names derived from Islam. Several African-American celebrities began adopting Muslim names (frequently following a religious conversion to Islam), including Muhammad Ali , who changed his name in 1964 from Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
Masculine given names originating or commonly found among African Americans. Pages in category "African-American masculine given names" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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.
Parks became one of the most impactful Black women in American history almost overnight when she refused to move to the “colored” section of a public bus in 1955.
According to the Social Security Administration, the most popular baby names of the 1920s were “taken from a universe that includes 11,372,808 male births and 12,402,235 female births.”
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans.
1880s: Most Popular Girl Names. Mary. Anna. Emma. Elizabeth. Margaret. Minnie. Ida. Bertha. Clara. Alice. Least popular name: Christina Every John needs a Mary, and this top-spot girl name remains ...
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