... Americans fought to break through deeply established institutional racism and widespread ... most disdained: women, gays and lesbians, and African Americans.

Perhaps the next most common superstition, at least in the West, involves ... Like numbers, colors have frequently been assigned symbolic significance, like black ...

Jewel Carter Stradford Lafontant-Mankarious (first African American woman to graduate from U of C Law School). Sherry Lansing (first female president of 20th ...

... most of whom were immigrants from Central America, had a hard, painful ... Standing up for Change: African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement.

American Gothic (1942). This is probably Parks' most recognizable image and depicts African-American woman Ella Watson, who was a cleaner at the Farm ...

Some of the most recognizable women in early America were the First Ladies. ... Harriet Tubman was the first African American woman to be honored on a U.S. ...

Seydou Keïta is unanimously regarded today as the most famous African studio photographer of the 20th century. ... woman from the Fouta region in Guinea ...

Kente is the most famous of all African textiles, and one of the world's most complicated weavings. This cloth is woven by men on a combination of narrow ...

Feb 26, 2017 ... “She bourgie” is a common putdown for girls that are considered pretentious. 3. “Uncle Tom.” This old expression for a servile black man who ...

Ethel Waters (1896-1977) is one of the most outstanding African American popular artists of her time. Like many artists, Waters began her career on the ...

Pin for the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ray ...

... African-American magicians performing from the 1880s through the early 20th century. ... Although Schweizer would not be the last magician to take on the name, he ...

May 24, 2019 ... Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy — from police brutality to the mass incarceration of African Americans — have made it ...

Jun 16, 2016 ... ... name of self-defense. Centuries ago, as Europeans claimed land ... African-American communities. They did this in cities throughout the ...

The most common uses of this API include the following tasks: Create a ... American woman authored \"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\"?", "questionItem ...

... most popular of all cultural items across East Africa. Within Kenya, the ... When a girl reaches puberty, red and black Kangas are given to her whereas ...

And honoring the untold stories of the African-American journey. Visit the International African American Museum. One of our country's most sacred sites.

Jack Daniel's stands as one of the most iconic American brands and most popular spirits in the world. Yet while the whiskey and its eponymous founder have ...

For African Americans in the mid-20th century, radio was the most popular medium of mass-communication. Programs targeted specifically to Black audiences ...

... most respected doctors in the area.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. “An African American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs ...