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The African American Story


African Americans | History, Facts, & Culture - Britannica

African Americans are largely the descendants of enslaved people who were brought from their African homelands by force to work in the New World ...

Stories | National Museum of African American History and Culture

Decades-old ephemera and current-day incarnations of African American stereotypes, including Mammy, Mandingo, Sapphire, Uncle Tom and watermelon, have been ...

Black History: Facts, People & Month

African Americans have played a central role in shaping U.S. history. From slavery and its abolition to the Great Migration, the civil rights movement and ...

African American History | National Archives

The National Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the African American experience and highlights these resources online, ...

The African American Story | Texas State History Museum

People of African descent have been inextricably linked to the history of the land now known as Texas since the earliest days of colonization.

National Museum of African American History and Culture: A ...

Learn how enslaved African American people in and around Charleston navigated the landscape of slavery using their abilities, skills, and intellect, and learn ...

Black History Milestones: Timeline

African American history began with slavery, as white European settlers first brought Africans to the continent to serve as enslaved workers ...

African-American history - Wikipedia

A group of enslaved Africans arrived in the English Virginia Colony in 1619, marking the beginning of slavery in the colonial history of the United States; by ...

African American History and Culture in the United States

A collection of lessons and resources for K-12 social studies, literature, and arts classrooms that center around the achievements, perspectives, and ...

African-American History and Culture

African-American History and Culture. The Manuscript Division has one of the nation's most valuable collections for the study of African- ...

The Founders of Black History Month | BLACK HISTORY THEMES

The mission of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH®) is to promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate ...

Slavery and the African American Story by Patricia Williams Dockery

Here's the true story of America from the African American perspective. From the moment Africans were first brought to the shores of the United States, they had ...

400 Years of African American History - National Park Service

The landing of the first enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America in August 1619 at Virginia's Point Comfort, now part of Fort Monroe National ...

African American History Archives • - Blackpast

Anthony “Spice” Adams is a former American football player for the National Football League (NFL), actor, comedian, and television host.

African American History: From the African Coast to the Civil War

Relive the astonishing journey of African Americans, from the dehumanizing experience of slavery to the remarkable chronicle of their endurance, resistance, ...

The African-American Migration Story - PBS

At least 12 million Africans were forcibly taken to the Americas - then known as the "New World" to European settlers.

Black History Month 2024

Paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.

The Founders of Black History Month | Origins of Black ... - ASALH

The story of Black History Month begins in Chicago during the summer of 1915 ... of African American history, culture, and achievements. This year's theme ...

African Americans - Wikipedia

Most African Americans have origins in West Africa and coastal Central Africa, with varying amounts of ancestry coming from Western European Americans and ...

African American Heritage - Telling All Americans' Stories (U.S. ...

Black Americans have been freedom-seekers, soldiers, intellectuals, teachers, entrepreneurs, and activists. They have challenged the nation to live up to its ...