Since then African-American and black have essentially a coequal status.

Since 1985, the UMC has been exploring a possible merger with three historically African-American Methodist denominations: the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.

Since 1972, teen magazines in the United States have reached out to the African-American market with publications such as Right On!

Since then, Ocoee has become much more diverse with a strong Hispanic and African-American population but still remains a predominantly white city.

Since World War II many Lumbee Indian families have moved northward from Robeson County and now constitute a significant element of the population that is otherwise European and African-American.

Since its initial mainstream popularity and impact on the sound of contemporary R & B, it has been expanded and diversified musically through the works of both African-American and international artists.

* African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote a poem entitled " Robert Gould Shaw ", in which he states: " Since thou and those who with thee died for right / Have died, the Present teaches, but in vain!

Since the 1940s, when decades of the Great Migration resulted in millions of African Americans having migrated from the South, no state has had a majority of African-American residents.

Since its humble beginnings 145 years ago, FSU has grown beyond its original mission to educate Fayetteville ’ s African-American youth to become “ among the nation ’ s most diverse campus communities ” while prioritizing community and regional outreach and service.

Since the end of the Korean War, the neighbourhood has been settled primarily by African-American lower middle-class families.

Since 2000 there has been a 7. 3 % decrease in the African-American population, and a 17. 8 % increase in the European-American population.

* Since the Civil War, 30, 000 African-American teachers had been trained and put to work in the South.

Since 1990, these have been joined by newcomers: African-American barbershops and salons, tiny family-owned Vietnamese restaurants, and a series of arts-related businesses ( e. g., theatres, galleries, an architecture studio, a glass factory, a coffeeshop, and much more ) attracted by the PAAI.

Since jazz music was an important part of African-American culture at the time, Hughes and others like him adapted the musical genre to create their own, singularly African-American voices that could easily be distinguished from the work of white poets.

* " Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye ": Haunting and melancholy Porter standard introduced by the Four Tones-an African-American quartet ( lead singer Lucius " Dusty " Brooks, Leon Buck, Rudolph Hunter, and John Porter )-followed by a short Astaire solo, and all executed in the unrealistic-for its time-setting of an unsegregated guard house.

Since the 1960s, West and later reunified Germany has been attracting migrants primarily from Southern and Eastern Europe as well as Turkey, many of whom ( or their children ) over time acquired German citizenship.

Since the relaxation of the Belgian nationality law more than 1. 3 million migrants have acquired Belgian citizenship and are now considered new Belgians.

Since 2002 the party has been accused of trying to attract new voters by adopting populist right-wing rhetoric, although the party proposes to open Sweden's doors to economic migrants and to additional asylum seekers.

Since 2000, new migrants from China to Mexicali come from many of the same areas as

Since the early 2000s, the island has become a primary European entry point for migrants, mainly from Africa.

Since in Yemen employment prospects are low for migrants, most head to Saudi Arabia or other Gulf states, where the need for menial labor is much greater.

Since before recorded history, what is now the UK has been a destination for invaders, migrants, refugees, scholars and travellers.

Since 2004, the bodies of 1086 migrants have been recovered in the southern Arizona desert.

Since Florida is a primary destination for cruise ships, those who work in them are predominantly Filipino, thus making the Sunshine State as a primary destination for both Filipino tourists and migrants.

Since then, migrants have occasionally died while trying to break through the fence.

Since the 1960s a small number of immigrants to the area from Holland, Switzerland, Germany and England has increased the mix, and more recently some economic migrants from eastern Europe have arrived.

Since the cost of travelling from Europe was much higher than going from there to the United States, the colonies found it difficult attracting migrants.

Since the early 1990s, the UK has also witnessed a rising inflow of economic migrants from areas in China without any previous migratory link to the UK, or even elsewhere in Europe.

Since South Africa became a democracy in 1994, there has been a growing number of Muslim migrants from South Asia and North Africa ; however, their numbers are fairly low.

Since such migrants work for lower wages and often zero social insurance costs, the gain from labour migration flows is actually higher than the minimal gains calculated for legal flows ; accompanying side-effects are significant, however, and include political damage to the idea of immigration, lower unskilled wages for the host population, and increased policing costs alongside lower tax receipts.

Since 1993 UNITED has been monitoring the deadly results of the building of ' Fortress Europe ' by making a list of the refugees and migrants, who have died in their attempt of entering the ' Fortress ' or as a result of Europe's immigration policies.

Since the establishment of the Committee, some previously included species have become more common — or at least better recorded ; this has resulted in their removal from the Committee's list and their reclassification as " scarce migrants ".

Since June 23, 1990, it has been a squatted social centre, which hosts migrants and refugees, community activities, and political groups.

Since 1582, when the Catholic Church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox and most Oriental Orthodox Churches retained the Julian calendar, the date on which Easter is celebrated has again differed.

Since its commercial release, Ethernet has retained a good degree of compatibility.

Since the Elector of Bavaria retained his seat, the number of electors increased to eight ; the two Wittelsbach lines now sufficiently estranged so as not to pose a combined potential threat.

Since graduating from Trinity, HRH The Prince of Wales has retained a private apartment in usufruct at the back of the college.

Since 1928, Victoria College has retained secular studies in the liberal arts and sciences while Emmanuel College has functioned as its postgraduate theological college.

Since 1911, the Japanese government has declared the southern claimants were actually the rightful emperors because they retained possession of the three sacred treasures, thus converting the emperors of the former Northern court into mere pretenders.

Since independence Tunisia has retained close ties both to Arab countries and to the West.

Since the return of Hong Kong and Macau to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 and 1999, respectively, the two territories have retained their legal, political, and economic systems.

Since no English term for such a book had been in use, the German word Festschrift has been incorporated into the English language and typically is used without the italics that designate a foreign term, although the capitalization of the first letter is retained from German.

Since 1979, Europe has won nine times outright and retained the Cup once by tying, with seven American wins over this period.

Since Cleon died in 422 it can be assumed that this appeal was retained from the original production in 423 and thus the extant play must be a partial revision of the original play.

Since older memories are retained without need of concentration, previously formed long-term memories ( i. e., those formed before the period of delirium ) are usually preserved in all but the most severe cases of delirium ( and when destroyed, are destroyed by the underlying brain pathology, not the delirious state per se ).

Since there was no linguistic contact with France from the late eighteenth century until the twentieth century, Acadian French retained features that died out during the French standardization efforts of the nineteenth century.

Since it was rushed through development ( it was released about 3 months after the PC version ), significant concessions were made, and many of the flaws of the PC version were retained.

Since the Curia had always been organized on the basis of the Roman family, the Curiate Assembly actually retained jurisdiction over clan matters even after the fall of the Roman Republic in 27 BC.

Since the 1970s, the special wards of Tokyo have exercised a considerably higher degree of autonomy than the wards in other cities ( that unlike Tokyo retained their elected mayors and assemblies ) but still less than other municipalities in the country, making them more like independent cities than districts.

Since the establishment of NATO it has constituted the most powerful Allied maritime striking force in the NATO Southern Region, and has retained the title of Naval Striking and Support Force Southern Europe ( STRIKFORSOUTH ) in its NATO identity.

Since the 1960s, postnationalist scholars have rejected American exceptionalism, arguing that the United States had not broken from European history, and accordingly, the United States has retained class inequities, imperialism and war.

Since the creation of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the Justices of that Court, being former Law Lords, have retained the Law Lords ' tradition of sitting unrobed.

Since then a number of uniquely New Zealand honours have been introduced, and now only the dynastic British honours are retained.

Since the founding of the church, there have been Jewish elements retained by particular groups that wanted to retain their national heritage alongside the Gospel message.

Since then, the unions have retained close institutional links with the Party, although these arrangements have been strained significantly in recent years, with the RMT and Fire Brigades Union severing their links.

Since the main Temple Lot organization retained possession of the Temple Lot and its meetinghouse, Fetting's organization met in members ' homes for a considerable period prior to building their own worship facilities.

Since the above had been released, there are now rumours that RAF Leuchars will be retained as a Typhoon base as the requirement for more Typhoon squadrons has finally been realised by the coalition government.