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Ethel Waters was an american blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. Ethel Waters was the first black person to appear on televisiton in 1939 as host of her own show "The Ethel Waters Show"

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Obama became the first african-american president to serve in the office. He studied in Harvard Law School and became president in 2009

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Ray Charles or "Brother Ray" was an musician in America. He played mostly soul, blues and jazz throughout his career and is best known for his song "Hit the Road Jack"

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Abraham Lincoln was greatly opposed to slavery, and as one of the most well known presidents of the unted states of america, his opinion helped greatly in banning slavery.

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Malcolm X was a human rights activist and a spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X believed that the only way to remove racism and give black people some civil rights. He believed that the only way to his goal was by using violence.

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The black people in America invented the Jazz music genre in the 1800's.

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Muhammad Ali is in many eyes one of the greatest boxer in history. He won the heavyweights championships in boxing 19 times. He was born with the name: Cassius Marcellus Clay jr. but converted to islam and got the name Muhammad Ali instead.

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Jesse Owens was one of the greatest and is still one of the most well known athletes. He won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin olympics, but was shunned by his own countrymen for being black.

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She is known for her talk show, and is ranked as one of the most influential women in the world.

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The african americans came to America as slaves and didn't get equality with white people until the 1960's.

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the african american population was very musical and created and/or heavily influenced genres like Jazz, Blues, rock, and heavy metal.

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Mark Twain the pen name of  Samuel Langhorne Clemens who was an author and a humorist from  1835 -1910. He is mostly known for his work 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', which, among other things, is a racial satarical novel.

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An organization made in the US that fights against equal rights between the various races. The Ku Klux klan started as a social club for the veterans after the civil war and it all started in south state, and later on, became a hate organization against black people.

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Obama was the first black president of the United States Of America. it was a big triumph for all the african americans in America after the horrible past with slavery and segregation.

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the butler
a movie about an african american butler who served at the white house and witnessed political and social events

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Rosa Parks.
She got in jail because she didn't want to give her seat to a white citizen. Alle the white seats were taken, and only one black seat were left. Rosa took that seat, because she was black but the whites didn't think she had the right to do that.