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The draft starkly exposed the poor living conditions of most African-Americans with the Selective Service Boards turning down 46% of the Black men called up on health grounds as compared to 30% of the white men called up. [185] At least a third of the black men in the South called up by the draft boards turned out to be illiterate. [185]
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.
Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. [4] It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora, initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. [5]
Here’s a round-up of important Black historical figures you need to know about. Whether you’re wanting to brush up on your Black history or are a full-on history buff looking for your next ...
Black history refers to: History of Africa; History of the African diaspora, particularly: African-American history, for the United States; History of Afro-Arab peoples;
February is Black History Month, and Milwaukee has two institutions dedicated to preserving the stories of the people who have made Black history in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the United States ...
T.W. Shannon, the 2024 campaign adviser to Black Men for Trump and Oklahoma’s first African-American speaker of the House, assessed that black voters were a critical pillar of the so-called ...
First African-American interracial romantic kiss in a mainstream comics magazine: "The Men Who Called Him Monster", by writer Don McGregor (See also: 1975) and artist Luis Garcia, in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics magazine Creepy #43 (Jan. 1972) (See also: 1975) [255]