Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Langston Hughes
Before the Civil War, some free African Americans owned slaves and a few also employed white people.
No, many other people on than "white" people answer and as questions on wiki. They can be African American, Mexican, American, Mexican American , Asian, British, and many others. including few Africans.
There were too few African American Voters to allow them to become a Political force.
There are just a few hundred practicing ophthalmologists in the United States who are African American. Chester W. Chinn was the first African American ophthalmologist, certified in 1933.
Iman - African(ethiopain) Tyra banks - African American Jessica White - African American Liya Kebede - African(ethiopain) Joelle Kayembe - African(Congo) Oluchi Onweagba - African(Nigerian) Naomi Campbell - black british (Jamaican descent) just to name a few
Probably because at that time in American history, relatively few people could actually read!
African American population forms the largest number of prisoners in the US. Despite this fact, some few African American citizens came out.
The largest event that caused African Americans to leave the south was the great flood on the Mississippi River in 1927. The flood and its aftermath are documented exquisitely in a book entitled "Rising Tide" by author John Barry. The flood is one of the singular events in American History, and very few people knew about it until Barry's work was published. An excellent read by one of the best American non-fiction writers.
They are the laziest of all turtles. It comes from their African American heritage.
There were too few African American Voters to allow them to become a Political force.
In 1860 there were few African Americans who were leaders. It wasn't like it is today. They had no political power and couldn't vote.
There were too few African American Voters to allow them to become a Political force.