Despite the growth of major industries and urban centers, white rural interests dominated the state legislature until the 1960s, while urban interests and African Americans were under-represented.

* 1831 – Nat Turner's slave rebellion commences just after midnight in Southampton County, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who are killed in retaliation for the uprising.

Author James Basker states that the song has been employed by African Americans as the " paradigmatic Negro spiritual " because it expresses the joy felt at being delivered from slavery and worldly miseries.

African American Vernacular English | AAVE-influenced non-rhotic pronunciations may be African American Vernacular English | found among African Americans throughout the country.

African Americans ( also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, and formerly as American Negroes ) are citizens or residents of the United States who have total or significant partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa.

African Americans make up the single largest racial minority in the United States.

Most African Americans are of West and Central African descent and are descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States.

* African Americans in the 1960s

* Military history of African Americans

* African Americans in France

* Index of articles related to African Americans

* Lists of African Americans

A History of African Americans, by John Hope Franklin, Alfred Moss, McGraw-Hill Education 2001, standard work, first edition in 1947.

The cuisine of the American South has been influenced by the many diverse inhabitants of the region, including Americans of European descent, Native Americans and African Americans.

Together with earlier arrivals to the United States ( including the indigenous American Indians, Hispanic and Latino Americans, particularly in the West, Southwest, and Texas ; African Americans who came to the United States in the Atlantic slave trade ; and early colonial migrants from Britain, France, Germany, Spain, and elsewhere ), these new waves of immigrants had a pro profound impact on national or regional cuisine.

The earliest reports of this style of a cappella music involved African Americans.

* Antipsychotics, particularly atypicals, appear to cause diabetes mellitus and fatal diabetic ketoacidosis, especially ( in US studies ) in African Americans.

Members founded the organization as the South African Native National Congress ( SANNC ) on 8 January 1912 at the Waaihoek Wesleyan Church in Bloemfontein to increase the rights of the black South African population.

The allele ADH1 B * 3 is only found in those of African descent and certain Native American tribes.

The racial makeup of the city was 98. 10 % White, 0. 46 % Black or African American, 0. 08 % Native American, 0. 11 % Asian, 0. 02 % Pacific Islander, 0. 43 % from other races, and 0. 80 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the town was 93. 98 % White, 3. 42 % Black or African American, 0. 30 % Native American, 1. 19 % Asian, 0. 05 % Pacific Islander, 0. 46 % from other races, and 0. 60 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 75 % White, 17. 93 % Asian, 0. 04 % Pacific Islander, 2. 97 % African American, 0. 06 % Native American, 1. 58 % from other races, and 2. 42 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of Berkeley was 66, 996 ( 59. 5 %) White, 11, 241 ( 10. 0 %) Black or African American, 479 ( 0. 4 %) Native American, 21, 690 ( 19. 3 %) Asian ( 8. 4 % Chinese, 2. 4 % Indian, 2. 1 % Korean, 1. 6 % Japanese, 1. 5 % Filipino, 1. 0 % Vietnamese, 0. 3 % Pakistani, 0. 3 % Thai, 0. 2 % Nepalese ), 186 ( 0. 2 %) Pacific Islander, 4, 994 ( 4. 4 %) from other races, and 6, 994 ( 6. 2 %) from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the city was 66. 60 % White, 11. 70 % Black or African American, 0. 20 % Native American, 15. 10 % Asian, 0. 01 % Pacific Islander, 2. 10 % from other races, and 4. 30 % from two or more races.

French, Native American, Caribbean, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and African culinary influences can be detected in Cajun food.

Gumbo exemplifies the influence of African and Native American food cultures on Cajun cuisine.

The racial makeup of the city was 91. 8 % White, 2. 2 % Black or African American, 0. 3 % Native American, 3. 4 % Asian, 0. 0 % Pacific Islander, 0. 4 % from some other race, and 1. 8 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the city was 96. 55 % White, 0. 21 % Black or African American, 0. 92 % Native American, 0. 63 % Asian, 0. 03 % Pacific Islander, 0. 28 % from other races, and 1. 38 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the city was 91. 32 % White, 2. 71 % Black or African American, 0. 13 % Native American, 3. 23 % Asian, 0. 05 % Pacific Islander, 1. 39 % from other races, and 1. 19 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the city is 81. 1 % White, 1. 9 % Black or African American, 2. 4 % Native American, 2. 1 % Asian, 0. 2 % Pacific Islander, 9. 4 % from other races, and 2. 9 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the village was 97. 91 % White, 0. 09 % Black or African American, 0. 27 % Native American, 0. 73 % Asian, 0. 64 % from other races, and 0. 36 % from two or more races.

The state was 68. 9 % White ( 65. 3 % Non-Hispanic White Alone ), 21. 4 % Black or African American, 0. 5 % American Indian and Alaska Native, 3. 2 % Asian, 0. 0 % Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 3. 4 % from Some Other Race, and 2. 7 % from Two or More Races.

Many faiths around the world — from Japanese Shinto and Chinese traditional religion, to certain African practices and the faiths derived from those in the Caribbean, to Native American beliefs — hold that ancestral or household spirits offer daily protection and blessings.

The racial makeup of the town was 94. 51 % White, 1. 54 % Black or African American, 0. 16 % Native American, 1. 87 % Asian, 0. 04 % Pacific Islander, 0. 80 % from other races, and 1. 08 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the city was 88. 07 % White, 1. 17 % Black or African American, 0. 95 % Native American, 4. 09 % Asian, 0. 16 % Pacific Islander, 2. 86 % from other races, and 2. 69 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the city is 97. 38 % White, 0. 82 % Asian, 0. 57 % Black or African American, 0. 20 % Native American, no Pacific Islanders, 0. 26 % from other races, and 0. 77 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the town was 98. 30 % White, 0. 17 % Black or African American, 0. 70 % Native American, 0. 20 % Asian, 0. 07 % from other races, and 0. 57 % from two or more races.

The racial makeup of the city was 82. 4 % White, 3. 01 % Black or African American, 0. 60 % Native American, 2. 48 % Asian, 0. 12 % Pacific Islander, 3. 61 % from other races, and 2. 53 % from two or more races.

A Lebanese Moslem told about its existence and application in the Islamic tradition as the `` divine law '', while a C.A.I.P. member who has been working in close association with delegates of the new U.N. nations told of its widespread recognition on the African continent.

Oliver has recently used the second-level approach with the largest snakes, and has come to these conclusions: the anaconda reaches a length of at least 37 feet, the reticulate python 33, the African rock python 25, the amethystine python at least 22, the Indian python 20, and the boa constrictor 18-1/2.

Oxford, UK and Indianapolis, US, The Fridtjol Nansen Institute & The International African Institute in association with James Currey and Indiana University Press.

In addition, mixed race ( European and African ) people amount to about 2 %, with a small ( 1 %) population of whites, mainly ethnically Portuguese ( as a former overseas territory of Portugal until 1975, the Portuguese make up currently the largest non-African population, with certainly more than 100, 000, a number that has been constantly increasing from the 2000s, because of Angola's growing demand for qualified human resources.

It has entered the Southern African Development Community as a vehicle for improving ties with its largely Anglophone neighbors to the south.

Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

In the 1960s with the African American Civil Rights Movement and opposition to the Vietnam War, the song took on a political tone.

The more humid regions have a richer vegetation ; dense forest where the rainfall is greatest and variations of temperature least, conditions found chiefly on the tropical coasts, and in the west African equatorial basin with its extension towards the upper Nile ; and savanna interspersed with trees on the greater part of the plateaus, passing as the desert regions are approached into a scrub vegetation consisting of thorny acacias, etc.

The South African plateau is connected towards East African plateau, with probably a slightly greater average elevation, and marked by some distinct features.

He developed it with a group of Africanists at the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures ( later the IAI ) in London.

The African Alphabet was used, with the International Phonetic Alphabet, as a basis for the World Orthography.

This led to the creation of an imaginary world: the African kingdom of " Angria " which was illustrated with maps and watercolour renderings.

In the United Kingdom, His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act was, with the consent of the Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, and South African governments, passed through parliament and the Crown thus passed to the next-in-line descendant of Sophia: Edward's brother, Prince Albert, Duke of York.

African art existed in many forms and styles, and with fairly little influence from outside Africa.

However, some immigrants from African, Caribbean, Central American and South American nations, and their descendants, may be identified or self-identify with the term.

Regional chefs are emerging as localized celebrity chefs with growing broader appeal, such as Peter Merriman ( Hawaii Regional Cuisine ), Jerry Traunfeld, Alan Wong ( Pacific Rim cuisine ), Norman Van Aken ( New World Cuisine-fusion Latin, Caribbean, Asian, African and American ), and Mark Miller ( American Southwest cuisine ).

They were from hundreds of tribes across West Africa, and brought with them certain traits of West African music including call and response vocals and complex rhythmic music, as well as syncopated beats and shifting accents.

The African musical focus on rhythmic singing and dancing was brought to the New World, where it became part of a distinct folk culture that helped Africans " retain continuity with their past through music ".

The African National Congress ( ANC ) is South Africa's governing political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) and the South African Communist Party ( SACP ), since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994.