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Negro was also used for the peoples of West Africa in old maps labelled Negroland, an area stretching along the Niger River. From the 18th century to the late 1960s, negro (later capitalized) was considered to be the proper English-language term for people of black African origin.
25 de feb. de 2021 · Determined to lead the charge to study that history, Dr. Woodson announced the first Negro History Week in February 1926. He chose February because it was the month in which both Lincoln and ...
Black History. African Americans have played a central role in shaping U.S. history. From slavery and its abolition to the Great Migration, the civil rights movement and military, scientific,...
Hace 5 días · African Americans are largely the descendants of enslaved people who were brought from their African homelands by force to work in the New World. Their rights were severely limited, and they were long denied a rightful share in the economic, social, and political progress of the United States.
1 de feb. de 2022 · February 1, 20225:00 AM ET. Jonathan Franklin. Enlarge this image. At the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963, African Americans carry placards demanding equal rights, integrated schools,...
History of the Negro People, Part I, Heritage of the Negro. Famed actor and activist Ossie Davis narrates and acts in this nine-part series from 1965. The first episode focuses on the...
13 de may. de 2024 · Black History Month, monthlong commemoration of African American history and achievement that takes place each February in the United States. It was begun in 1976 as an expansion of Negro History Week, which was itself begun in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson.
