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This is a timeline of African-American history, ... This made John Punch the first legally documented slave in colonial Virginia ... (33 were black and ten white ...
African American males were allowed some voting rights in Alabama until 1901, when the state functionally disenfranchised them although still technically letting them register. The Negro Republican Party in Birmingham, Alabama was organized in opposition to the lily-white Republican party, after that party prevented any of the twenty-five black ...
In Virginia, the number of free Black people increased from 10,000 in 1790 to nearly 30,000 in 1810, but 95% of Black people were still enslaved. In Delaware, three-quarters of all Black people were free by 1810. [54] By 1860, just over 91% of Delaware's Black people were free, and 49.1% of those in Maryland. [55]
The timeline of the Black Power movement covers major events and milestones in the history of this social and political movement.
Studies conducted during the same period indicated that 2 in 3 black women from black landowning families were involved in cotton farming. [21] In 1920, 24% (218,612) of farms in the nation were Black-operated, less than 1% (2,026) were managed by Black people, and 76% (705,070) of Black farm operators were tenants. [22]
He researches 19th-century American history including the history of Black politics. Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.
First African-American player in the National Hockey League (Made his debut with the Bruins on January 18):Janis F. Kearney Willie Mays First African American to win Major League Baseball's Gold Glove, in the award's inaugural year: Willie Mays (New York Giants) [226] [Note 14]
The entire population of North Dakota was only .03% Black then, and there were just 30 in Fargo. Racism certainly existed there, but wasn’t as all-consuming as in other parts of the country.