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It was known as "Cottage City" from its separation from Edgartown in 1880 until its reincorporation as Oak Bluffs in 1907. Oak Bluffs includes several communities that have been popular destinations for affluent African Americans since the early 20th century. [74] It also includes the East Chop peninsula, Lagoon Heights and Harthaven.
The largest African-American community is in Atlanta, Georgia; followed by Washington, DC; Houston, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Miami, Florida; [1] [circular reference] and Detroit, Michigan. [2] About 80 percent of the city population is African-American. A quarter of Metro Detroit (Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties) are African-American.
These magazines typically were African-American known, and included the NAACP's The Crisis, edited by W.E.B. DuBois. She gained most of her notoriety from her work published in the journal of the National Urban League , Opportunity , which was a leading platform that showcased the talents of African-American artists. [ 6 ]
African American: Worth: Georgia: April 14, 1919: Brushing up against a white man while walking: Beaten; survived by playing dead Holden, George: African American: Monroe (near) Ouachita: Louisiana: April 29, 1919: Writing a suggestive note to a white woman [382] Mob stopped a train, dragged him off, and shot him. [380]: 18 Richards, Benny ...
Oleta Lawanda Crain (September 8, 1913 – November 7, 2007) [1] was an African-American military officer, federal civil servant, and advocate for black women's rights and desegregation. Out of 300 women nationwide who entered officer training in the U.S. military in 1943, she was one of the three African Americans.
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the town of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. Pages in category "People from Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The term has been around in Black American communities since the 1990s, appearing as early as 1992 on "It Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube, who raps: "No flexin', didn't even look in a n----'s direction."
Dorothy West (June 2, 1907 – August 16, 1998) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and magazine editor associated with the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement in the 1920s and 1930s that celebrated black art, literature, and music.