▶ American Black History Is United States History
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Black History Month in the U.S., Pan Africanism tangents
American Black history IS American History, for all the reasons we acknowledge and celebrate, and much, much more so for the multitude of reasons we don’t mention.
The Experience of Black people in the America’s and in particular the United States of America is one of the greatest Social Science Endeavors in the history of human experience.
Black History Month
The celebration of Black History Month began as “Negro History Week,” which was created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson
NAACP
Spurred by growing racial violence in the early 20th century…
Heavyweight Champ
Jack Johnson became the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing…
First Lawyer
John Mercer Langston was the first Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio…
Famous Protestors
While Rosa Parks is credited with helping to spark the Civil Rights movement when she refused to give up her public bus seat to a white man in Montgomery…
Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Eminent Scientist
George Washington Carver developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics…
First Senator
Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate.
First Woman Representative
Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives.
Self-Made Millionaire
Madam C.J. Walker was born on a cotton plantation in Louisiana and became wealthy after inventing a line of African American hair care products.
Oscar Winner
In 1940, Hattie McDaniel was the first African American performer to win an Academy Award—the film industry’s highest honor—for her portrayal of a loyal slave governess in Gone With the Wind.
First Professional Black Baseball Player
On April 5, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.
First Black Billionaire
Robert Johnson became the first African American billionaire when he sold the cable station he founded, Black Entertainment Television (BET) in 2001.
First Black President
In 2008, Barack Obama became the first Black president of the United States.
