Category: African American

Modern advances in science allow researchers to explore in detail the data related to the events of the past. In particular, DNA analysis techniques help in investigating the characteristics of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Scientists have conducted the largest DNA study to examine African ancestry in the Americas (Heidt, 2020). Some of the…

Being two of the best-known leaders in the African American liberation movement in the late 19th and early 20th century, Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois represented entirely different approaches toward the promotion of equality and the fight against discrimination of African American people. While Washington encouraged the idea of self-help and…

Abstract The paper presents the historical background of African American population. It states the historical events which brought African people to America. The paper includes the analysis of diversity within the concepts of culture, class, and religion. The issue of discrimination due to these concepts is also regarded. The evolution of African American attempts to…

Table of Contents Introduction Early History The Abolition of Slavery and the Civil War Reconstruction Migration Conclusion Works Cited Introduction African-American history is the history of Black Americans whose ancestors were brought to the United States as slaves from the 16th to the 19th century. At that time African Americans were called Negros or colored…

The statement that the United States of America has entered the post-racial era is rather common these days, yet there are still many evidences that prove the opposite. Viewing the issue rationally, one my ask themselves a question: The United States society has been through two hundred and forty years of slavery, and then multiple…

World War II was a drastic armed conflict that took the lives of 3% of the worlds population. The majority of estimated deaths occurred due to confrontation, but the rest are connected to famine and war-related diseases. World War II was the battle of all races: white, Asian, and Black people. This essay will discover…

African American soldiers played an essential role in the American Civil War (1861-1865). The Civil War was the war between States  the Union and the Confederate, the North and the South. It began because the South wanted to secede, but the North did not agree. The white Northerners accepted emancipation and allowed African Americans…

One of the conflicts, which led to the Civil War in the 19th century, addressed the existence of slavery on the territory of the United States. Although, according to the Constitution of that time, slavery was considered to be legal, president Abraham Lincoln comprehended that it presented a pressing concern. He was also aware of…

In 1917s, the great migration of the black community from the South part of the U.S. caused over 1.5 million African Americans to move in just 25 years. People were running from poverty, peonage, stagnant wages, and violence they experienced in Jim Crow. Also, natural disasters such as floods, withering of crops forced African Americans…

The relation to freedom from African Americans and Southern Whites has always been different, and each race could not understand and accept the ideas of their opponents. However, there were many supporters from the side of African Americans and Southern Whites, who could defend the point of view of different parties. However, the tension between…