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African Americans

African Americans are residents or individuals who are living in the United States with origins that leads back to the black racial groups found in Africa . On the other hand , the African American culture which is sometimes called the black culture is consists of a variety of cultural traditions of the black communities . The black culture is both of and different from the American culture and it is also an indigenous to the children or the next generation of youths in

the U .S . of survivors of the Middle Passage . Furthermore , it can be said that the African American culture is predominantly a mixture or combination of the Sahelean cultures and the sub-Saharan African

The African Americans generally or dominantly came from the slaves who were sold to Canada and the United States , which were formerly the British North America . Buying and selling slaves was quite rampant during the Atlantic slave trade and by the year 1860 's , there were already 3 .5 million Africans serving as slaves in the Southern United states . Furthermore , African American slaves living across the country reach up to almost 500 ,000 . Freedom from slavery was the biggest event that turned the tables for the African Americans (Fabre and O 'Meally 1994 . It occurred during the American Civil war in the year 1863 President Abraham Lincoln was responsible for their freedom when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation , the proclamation which stated that the slaves who were separated or withdrawn from the Union are free Texas was the last state to which the proclamation was applied to since it was the last state to be withdrawn or liberated in 1865 . Today , the African Americans are living freely and are able to create communities and establish their own culture away from the hands of slavery

The African Americans , with great humility and servility to avoid racists from harming them , followed the Jim Crow Laws . This law enforced the racial segregation and disenfranchisement . It was dignity degrading for the African Americans , but because of the efforts by the middle class African Americans , they were able to establish or improve their community and raise their own schools , banks , business and even social and religious infrastructures (Brooks , 2003 . Slavery and racial discrimination was a very important obstacle that the African Americans were able to fight for and overcome for their benefit . In the year 1966 the Black Power movement occurred which lasted until 1975 with the continuation of its goals through the Civil Rights Movement . The African Americans fought for racial dignity , further freedom from white authority and also economic and political self sufficiency . The establishment and implementation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was another memorable moment for the African Americas , this prevented or stopped the discrimination in employment , public accommodations labor unions towards them . Nowadays , they are living amongst us , with equal civil rights and some of them excel in a lot of events or aspects such as in...