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...>(1856-1915) Born into slavery, he became the most prominent leader of the African American community in the early 20th century; wrote ''Up From Slavery''.

...]] awards; first MacArthur Fellowship to a sci-fi author (1995); and first African American woman to succeed in the science fiction

African American inventor and businessman who is well-known for his protective breathing hoo

...Obama]], for example, frequently uses both terms) you should use the term "African American" in formal speech and writing, and in informal speech if you are not sure o ...dited with helping to spread the use of the term. It is interesting that "African American" caught on so quickly, because by the closing decades of the 20th Century,

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Some African American literature follows the pattern of the sermonic tradition. *Hubbard, Don (1996). ''The Sermon and the African American Literary Imagination'', University of Missouri Press, ISBN 0-8262-1087-2

...in the country and made Abbott one of the first self-made millionaires of African American descent.

'''Umoja Karamu''', meaning "unity feast" in [[Swahili]], is an [[African American]] celebration begun in 1971 by Edward Simms, Jr. Celebrated in a manner si The celebration is based on five periods of African American life, each represented by a color.

...male to sing on the stage of The Met. ([[Marian Anderson]] was the first African American to actually sing on the Met's stage, but McFerrin had been awarded a contra McFerrin was also the first African American to sing at a title role at the Met, and the first to sing at both the Metro

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...ein]] [[musical theatre|musicals]], and particularly for being the first [[African American]] to win a [[Tony Award]] (for the role of ''Bloody Mary'' in the musical [