African Americans, those that were free and those enslaved, have played a major part in the development of America; in fact, in many ways, slavery has underpinned the American economy.

Starting in the first third of the twentieth century, research on African Americans and their heritage increasingly focused on Africa for cultural antecedents. Throughout the social science fields, …

Artistic and cultural movements such as the New Negro, Black Arts, Black Renaissance, hip-hop, and Afrofuturism, have been led by people of African descent and set the standard for popular …

Jun 6, 2024 · The budget deficit improved from 1.1% of GDP in 2022 to 0.9% in 2023 due to greater rationalization of public spending, policies aimed at broadening the tax base (from the …

African Immigrants in America: A Demographic Overview Immigrants from Africa constitute a highly diverse and rapidly growing group in the United States. As Census data demonstrate, …

For a discussion of the African origins issue, see Christopher Stringer and Robin McKie, African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996).

African-American oral culture is rich in poetry, including spirituals, gospel music, blues, and rap. This oral poetry also appears in the African-American tradition of Christian sermons, which …