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Asian alone 4.75% (percent in the race/percent in the age group) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 0.17% (percent in the race/percent in the age group) Some Other Race Alone 6.19% (percent in the race/percent in the age group) Mixed (Two or More Races) 2.92% (percent in the race/percent in the age group) Population: 308 745 538
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
Although U.S. census data indicates "American ancestry" is most commonly self-reported in the Deep South, the Upland South, and Appalachia, [11] [12] a far greater number of Americans and expatriates equate their national identity not with ancestry, race, or ethnicity, but rather with citizenship and allegiance.
Emigration to the New England colonies after 1640 and the start of the English Civil War decreased to less than 1% (about equal to the death rate) in nearly all years before 1845. The rapid growth of the New England colonies (total population ≈700,000 by 1790) was almost entirely due to the high birth rate (>3%) and low death rate (<1%) per year.
The African American Civil War Memorial (1997), featuring Spirit of Freedom by sculptor Ed Hamilton, was erected at the corner of Vermont Avenue and U Street NW in the capital, Washington, D.C. It is administered by the National Park Service. In 1999 the African American Civil War Museum opened nearby.
1863: Detroit race riot , March 6, protests by working class over military draft for Civil War. 1863: New York City draft riots, July 13–16, also known as "Manhattan draft riots" or "Draft Week," violence broke out among the working-class in Lower Manhattan after new draft laws were passed by Congress for the Civil War. White protesters ...
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley failed last month to mention slavery as the root cause of the Civil War. ... Matt Brown is a member of the AP’s Race and Ethnicity team.
Fredrickson was one of the drivers of comparative history, co-founding the Research Institute of Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity in 1996. [ 4 ] In his college years, he was one of the many white college students who traveled to the South in support of the civil rights movement for African Americans and joined the March on Washington ...