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  2. Timeline of African-American history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of African-American history, the part of history that deals with African Americans. Europeans arrived in what would become the present day United States of America on August 9, 1526. With them, they brought families from Africa that they had captured and enslaved with intentions of establishing themselves and future ...

  3. Racism against African Americans - Wikipedia

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    In the context of racism in the United States, racism against African Americans dates back to the colonial era, and it continues to be a persistent issue in American society in the 21st century. From the arrival of the first Africans in early colonial times until after the American Civil War , most African Americans were enslaved .

  4. Slavery in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In The Universal Law of Slavery, Fitzhugh argues that slavery provides everything necessary for life and that the slave is unable to survive in a free world because he is lazy, and cannot compete with the intelligent European white race. He states that "The negro slaves of the South are the happiest, and in some sense, the freest people in the ...

  5. Black genocide in the United States - Wikipedia

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    For a black American who lived during the era of U.S. slavery, no rights were guaranteed, whether they were personally enslaved or not. [11] In the United States a slave's life expectancy was 21 to 22 years, and a black child through the age of 1 to 14 had twice the risk of dying of a white child of the same age. [12]

  6. Timeline of the civil rights movement - Wikipedia

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    During the early years of the Miss America pageant, under the directorship of Lenora Slaughter, it became racially segregated via rule number seven that stated: "contestants must be of good health and of the white race.” [2] [3] Rule number seven was abolished in 1950.

  7. York County’s Black experience: From slavery to a history ...

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    The 1840 census lists one slave held in York County, and slavery had ended by 1850. The public is invited to the 10 a.m. Nov. 15 groundbreaking ceremony for the Crispus Attucks History and Culture ...

  8. Hulu's 'The 1619 Project' examines the impact of slavery on ...

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    In early 2019, New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones made a simple pitch to her editors. The year marked the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans to the English colony of ...

  9. History of slavery - Wikipedia

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    The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many different ethnicities and religious groups. The social, economic, and legal positions of slaves have differed vastly in different systems of slavery in different times and places. [1]