African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any...

assigned to African Americans. Minstrel shows became a popular form of theater during the nineteenth century, which portrayed African Americans in stereotypical...

From the first United States Congress in 1789 through the 116th Congress in 2020, 162 African Americans served in Congress. Meanwhile, the total number...

African-American culture, also known as Black American culture or Black culture in American English, refers to the cultural expressions of African Americans...

in the Americas.[citation needed] The immigration of African Americans, West Indians, and Black Britons to Africa occurred mainly during the late 18th...

nor are all of its speakers African American. As with most English varieties spoken by African Americans, African-American Vernacular English shares a...

In the context of racism in the United States, racism against African Americans dates back to the colonial era, and it continues to be a persistent issue...

population group in the Atlanta metropolitan area, encompassing both those of African-American ancestry as well as those of recent Caribbean or African origin....

The United States House of Representatives has had 157 elected African-American members, of whom 151 have been representatives from U.S. states and 6...

The history of African Americans in Ghana goes back to individuals such as American civil rights activist and writer W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963), who...

The military history of African Americans spans from the arrival of the first enslaved Africans during the colonial history of the United States to the...

African Americans are the second largest census "race" category in the state of Tennessee after whites, making up 17% of the state's population in 2010...

The history of African Americans in Chicago or Black Chicagoans dates back to Jean Baptiste Point du Sable's trading activities in the 1780s. Du Sable...

The representation of African Americans in speech, writing, still or moving pictures has been a major concern in mainstream American culture and a component...

settlers, which probably resulted in both first- and second-language English varieties being developed by African Americans. The 19th century's evolving cotton-plantation...

Crow laws, and African Americans were subjected to discrimination and sustained violence by white supremacists in the South. Over the following century...

Americans. In 2016 29% of African Americans were married, while 48% of all Americans were. Also, 50% of African Americans have never been married in contrast...

This is a list of African Americans who have served in the United States Senate. The Senate has had 12 African-American elected or appointed officeholders...

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commemorate African Americans who fought in the Revolutionary War The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution, 1855 book African Americans in the American Civil...

The history of African Americans in Baltimore dates back to the 17th century when the first African slaves were being brought to the Province of Maryland...

African-American neighborhoods or black neighborhoods are types of ethnic enclaves found in many cities in the United States. Generally, an African American...

in East Africa and the Sahel, and the Afrikaners of Southern Africa. African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, and formerly...

culture. Its origins are in musical forms that developed as a result of the enslavement of African Americans prior to the American Civil War. It has been...

African Americans constitute one of the longer-running ethnic presences in New York City, home to the largest urban African American population, and the...

African American residents of Detroit. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Black or African Americans living in Detroit accounted for 79.1% of the total...

The following is a list of U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia ranked by the proportion of African Americans of full or partial descent...

African Americans played a prominent role in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was the first American war in which Black and White troops were not formally...

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The history of African Americans in Maryland is long and complex. Southern Maryland is the home of the first person of African descent to be elected to...