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By the 1970s and 1980s, it had become common within African-American culture to invent new names. Many of the invented names took elements from popular existing names. Prefixes such as La/Le, Da/De, Ra/Re, or Ja/Je and suffixes such as -ique/iqua, -isha (for girls), -ari and -aun/awn (for boys) are common, as well as inventive spellings for ...
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Male 1 Michael: Michael: Michael: Michael: Michael: Michael: Michael: Michael: Michael: Michael 2 James: James ...
Amidst the bell bottoms, funky prints, and free-spirited natures of the 1970s, a crop of baby names saw their height of fame. Today, these girl and boy names are seen as “classic ...
None of the top 10 1970s baby girl names overlapped with the top 10 list of names 50 years prior. In fact, there are only two baby girl names that made the top 25 baby girl names in both the 1920s ...
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focus on those African Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African Americans.
Aaliyah (1979–2001): R&B, pop; Johnny Ace: R&B; Alicia Keys (born 1981): pop; Gregory Abbott (born 1954): soul, R&B, his father was born in Venezuela; Armenta Adams: Classical pianist
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.
Roshumba Williams – African-American model, actress, television host, and correspondent and reality show judge. First became internationally famous for her appearance in the prestigious Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. Slick Woods – African-American model who has appeared in Vogue, the Pirelli calendar, and the cover of Elle U.K.