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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.
This is a list of African Americans, also known as Black Americans (for the outdated and unscientific racial term) or Afro-Americans.African Americans are an ethnic group consisting of citizens of the United States mainly descended from various West African and Central African peoples with possible minor additional ancestry from Europe or indigenous Americans and other regions of Africa.
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...
African-Americans have been the victims of oppression, discrimination and persecution throughout American history, with an impact on African-American innovation according to a 2014 study by economist Lisa D. Cook, which linked violence towards African-Americans and lack of legal protections over the period from 1870 to 1940 with lowered innovation. [1]
First known African American (and slave) to compose a work of literature: Lucy Terry with her poem "Bars Fight", composed in 1746 [7] and first published in 1855 in Josiah Holland's History of Western Massachusetts. [8] [7]
Joshua I. Smith (born 1941), appointed commissioner of Minority Business Development by President George H. W. Bush Robert Lloyd Smith (1861–1942), member of the Texas House of Representatives Thomas S. Smith (1917–2002), member of the New Jersey General Assembly
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.
With seven singles titles, including the 2023 U.S. Open, and nine doubles titles under her belt at the age of 20, Gauff is one of our rising famous Black athletes. Live history in the making with ...