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African Americans.com
Culture, History, Legacy and Heritage
AfricanAmericans.com has over 750 web pages on the African American community. We cover many topics: black history, the civil rights movement, slavery, African American art, to black gospel music. AfricanAmericans.com also includes profiles of famous African American historical leaders like: Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, Frederick Douglass, and current black celebrities: Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, and many more.
African American Culture & Black History
The history of African Americans in the United States began in 1619 when a Dutch ship brought the first slaves from Africa to the shores of North America. Of all ethnic groups, African Americans were the only ones to arrive on these shores against their will.
African American History Month celebrates the role African Americans have played in U.S. history. This website strives to share with you the contributions that African Americans have made to our society. Read the Complete Story.
A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States of America
Some Significant African American Firsts
Read & Listen to Robert F. Kennedy's Speech on the Death of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Diabetes: African Americans Deadly Foe
National Museum of African American History and Culture Act of 2003
This is a historic week in the Congress. For in this week, Congressman John Lewiss 15-year vision has become a reality. The National Museum of African-American History and Culture Act of 2003 is a significant piece of legislation and represents the story of trial, tribulation and triumph in African American history. Think about our history and you will know what I mean. Since the arrival of the first Africans at Jamestown, Virginia in 1619, African-Americans have played an integral role in the overall development of this great nation. We have endured the cruelties and degradation of the Middle Passage, slavery, lynchings, Jim-Crowism, social injustice, segregation, and discrimination.
A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States of America
Rosa Parks
(1913- ), African American civil rights activist, who is often called the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks was arrested for disregarding an order to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger. Her protest galvanized a growing movement to desegregate public transportation and marked a historic turning point in the African American battle for civil rights.
Jackie Robinson is awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodger who in 1947 became Major League Baseball's first African American player and a pioneer in the nation's civil rights movement, will be recognized posthumously by receiving the Congressional Gold Medal, Wednesday, March 2, 2005 during ceremonies in the rotunda of the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C...
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