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  2. Timeline of African-American history - Wikipedia

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    February – Black History Month is founded by Carter Woodson's Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History. The novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley is published. 1977. Combahee River Collective, a Black feminist group, publishes the Combahee River Collective Statement.

  3. Timeline of African-American firsts - Wikipedia

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    First African-American woman and first woman to be the police commissioner of the New York Police Department: Keechant Sewell [365] First African-American woman to appear on U.S. currency (a quarter): Maya Angelou [366]

  4. Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States

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    Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States in percentage of the population. The United States census enumerated Whites and Blacks since 1790, Asians and Native Americans since 1860 (though all Native Americans in the U.S. were not enumerated until 1890), "some other race" since 1950, and "two or more races" since 2000. [2]

  5. 31 Black History Facts You May Not Have Learned in School

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    Resources like BlackPast.org, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Library of Congress are great ways to learn little-known facts about Black history and broaden ...

  6. 11 Black history facts you should know - AOL

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    3. Though they were forbidden from signing up officially, a large number of Black women served as scouts, nurses and spies in the Civil War.. 4. One of the greatest African rulers of all time ...

  7. 11 Black history facts to commemorate Black History Month - AOL

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    Each year from Feb. 1 to March 1, Black History Month is recognized in the U.S. Set aside to commemorate the many contributions and accomplishments of Black Americans, the observation provides an ...

  8. African-American history - Wikipedia

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    Roosevelt ordered that federal agencies such as the CCC, WPA and PWA were not to discriminate against Black Americans. [164] The president's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt (who was a close friend of Bethune's), was notably sympathetic towards African-Americans and constantly in private urged her husband to do more to try help Black Americans. [164]

  9. 30 Black Americans To Celebrate During Black History Month ...

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    Every Black History Month and Juneteenth, pioneers in African American history are often mentioned like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali and Harriet Tubman. They are revered ...