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Race: African American (Black) [12] Morrison is the first African-American women to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. [13] [14] Morrison was a professor at Texas Southern University and the State University of New York. [13] Published the novels The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, Beloved, and Tar Baby. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for ...
Muhammad Ali's name change from Cassius Clay in 1964 helped inspire the popularity of Muslim names within African-American culture. Islam has been an influence on African-American names. Islamic names entered African-American culture with the rise of the Nation of Islam among black Americans with its focus upon black supremacy and separatism.
"a consistent posture toward raising the social, cultural and economic status of African Americans" "personal achievement that reveals the best qualities of the African American people" Reference and User Services Quarterly reviewed the list positively in 2003, while noting the subjectivity in judging greatness, particularly for contemporary ...
Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman and first Black person in general to receive a pilot's license. Because of gender and racial discrimination, she learned French and went to ...
Redbone is a term historically used in much of the southern United States to denote a multiracial individual or culture. Among African Americans the term has been slang for fairer-skinned Black people, often for women specifically or for Black people with red undertones.
This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [ 1 ] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule.
It includes African-American people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American women . It includes American women that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Pages in category "African-American feminine given names" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .