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African American slaves in Georgia, 1850. African Americans are the result of an amalgamation of many different countries, [33] cultures, tribes and religions during the 16th and 17th centuries, [34] broken down, [35] and rebuilt upon shared experiences [36] and blended into one group on the North American continent during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and are now called African American.
The Moynihan Report, written by Assistant Secretary of Labor, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, initiated the debate on whether the African-American family structure leads to negative outcomes, such as poverty, teenage pregnancy and gaps in education or whether the reverse is true and the African American family structure is a result of institutional ...
African diaspora religions, also described as Afro-American religions, are a number of related beliefs that developed in the Americas in various areas of the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Southern United States. They derive from traditional African religions with some influence from other religious traditions, notably Christianity and Islam ...
Hoodoo is an ethnoreligion that, in a broader context, functions as a set of spiritual observances, traditions, and beliefs—including magical and other ritual practices—developed by enslaved African Americans in the Southern United States from various traditional African spiritualities and elements of indigenous American botanical knowledge.
Gullah beliefs about "hags" and "haunts" are similar to African beliefs about malevolent ancestors, witches, and "devils" (forest spirits). Gullah " root doctors " protect their clients against dangerous spiritual forces by using ritual objects similar to those employed by African traditional healers .
Black American cuisine is varied and has deep roots in the U.S. Stacker used research from colleges and food historians to highlight 10 historic dishes.
Looking to cement memories with family members? Here are 30 family traditions to start, including ideas for free traditions and holiday traditions.
Saints in Exile: The Holiness-Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion and Culture. Oxford University Press; Sensbach, Jon F. Rebecca's Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World (2005) Smith, R. Drew, ed. Long March ahead: African American churches and public policy in post-civil rights America (2004).