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Alain Locke

The Question: Who was the first African American to be a Rhodes scholar? The Answer: Alain Locke, considered the father of the Harlem…

Quotations

A sampling of quotations, for inspiration or special occasions People AFI's Top Movie QuotesShakespeare QuotesPoets on PoetryMuhammad Ali QuotationsAmerican Indian QuotationsAfrican-American…

Asian persons, percent, 2000

Race Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population, Public Law 94-171 Redistricting Data File. Updated every 10 years. http://factfinder.census.gov. Definition: The concept of race as…

White persons, percent, 2000

Race Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population, Public Law 94-171 Redistricting Data File. Updated every 10 years. http://factfinder.census.gov. Definition: The concept of race as…

A More Perfect Union

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama Barack Obama Related Links Notable Speeches by African Americans Campaign 2012 Democratic Candidates:…

Civil Rights Cases (1883)

Historical BackgroundBetween 1866 and 1875, Congress passed several civil rights acts to implement the 13th and 14th amendments. One was the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which imposed various…

Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe was both a tennis star of the 1960s and '70s and an African-American pioneer: the first black man to win at the U.S. Open and Wimbledon. Arthur Ashe played tennis at UCLA and was…

Edward Alexander Bouchet Biography

Edward Alexander Bouchetphysicist, chemistBorn: 1852Birthplace: New Haven, Conn. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Bouchet was the first African American to graduate (1874) from Yale College.…

Patricia Bath Biography

inventorBorn: November 4, 1942Birthplace: Harlem, New YorkBest Known as: African-American scientist and inventor Born in Harlem, New York, Bath holds a bachelor's…