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    By the time of the first edition of the House sponsored book, Black Americans in Congress, in the bicentennial year of 1976, 45 African Americans had...
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    African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any...
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    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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    Census, African Americans were 31.2% of the state's population. Georgia has the second largest African American population in the United States following...
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    denotes the first African-American holder of that particular office United States portal African Americans in the United States Congress List of African-American...
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  • list of African Americans who have served as United States federal judges. As of January 24, 2024[update], 296 African-Americans have served on the federal...
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  • "indigenous Moors", "American Moors" or "Moorish Americans" rather than, or in contradistinction to "African Moors" or "African Americans." The Nation of Islam...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    The history of African Americans in Los Angeles includes participation in the culture, education, and politics of the city of Los Angeles, California...
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    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...
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  • African-Americans in foreign policy in the United States catalogs distinguished African Americans who have and continue to contribute to international...
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  • Until 1950, African Americans were a small but historically important minority in Boston, where the population was majority white. Since then, Boston's...
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    population group in the Atlanta metropolitan area, encompassing both those of African-American ancestry as well as those of recent Caribbean or African origin....
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    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...
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  • (1963–1967), first African-American since Reconstruction in 1874 to have been elected to the United States Senate, first African-American United States Senator...
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    the 1960s. In modern America, African Americans constitute 22% of the state's legislature, and in 2014, the state's first African American U.S. Senator...
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  • African American neighborhoods were operated by African Americans, it is often unclear the extent to which these operations were run independently of the larger...
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    African Americans in Alabama or Black Alabamians are residents of the state of Alabama who are of African American ancestry. They have a history in Alabama...
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  • African-American culture, also known as Black American culture or Black culture in American English, refers to the cultural expressions of African Americans...
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    African American slaves to the African continent. The movement originated from a widespread belief among some European Americans in the 18th and 19th century...
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  • African Americans are an ethnic group in the United States. The first achievements by African Americans in diverse fields have historically marked footholds...
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    movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Although the victims of lynchings were members of various ethnicities, after roughly 4 million enslaved African Americans were...
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    Americans refers to the religious and spiritual practices of African Americans. Historians generally agree that the religious life of black Americans...
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    African Americans, including former slaves, served in the American Civil War. The 186,097 black men who joined the Union Army included 7,122 officers and...
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  • African-Americans make up 12% of the American population and there are several holidays that celebrate them. The following are African-American federal...
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  • African Americans and Jewish Americans have interacted throughout much of the history of the United States. This relationship has included widely publicized...
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    Lisa D. Cook (category African-American economists)
    particularly the Russian economy. Later she has broadened her research on economic growth to focus on the economic history of African-Americans. Her research...
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