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List of black British writers; List of Black British artists; List of black fashion models; List of black photographers; List of composers of African descent; List of Indigenous Australian sportspeople; List of National Hockey League players of black African descent
This is a list of African Americans, also known as Black Americans (for the outdated and unscientific racial term) or Afro-Americans.African Americans are an ethnic group consisting of citizens of the United States mainly descended from various West African and Central African peoples with possible minor additional ancestry from Europe or indigenous Americans and other regions of Africa.
100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley.
This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African-Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse fields, including physics, biology, math, and medicine.
(Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) – Credit: Photo Keystone / Getty Images Who was W.E.B. Du Bois? W.E.B. Du Bois was a sociologist and activist who became the first Black person to earn a ...
Pages in category "Lists of black people" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A. List of African-American abolitionists; List of African-American activists; List of African-American actors; African Americans in foreign policy; African-American officeholders in the United States, 1789–1866
Lieberson and Mikelson of Harvard University analyzed black names, finding that the recent innovative naming practices follow American linguistic conventions even if they are independent of organizations or institutions. [10] Given names used by African-American people are often invented or creatively-spelled variants of more traditional names.