African Americans had gained worldwide fame for their work in popular music -- especially for creating jazz.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Yet,he wrote with more feeling about one subject than any other: that education and hard work will help young African Americans move forward.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

"And so they would travel to places where certainly white people in the thirties and forties would not work too much in black communities, because there was so much antagonism between black and white at that time racism toward African Americans.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

But other African Americans, including journalist Juan Williams, who spoke at the dedication, supported re-marking the "White" and "Colored" entrances.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Racist laws required African Americans to drink from separate public drinking fountains, climb back stairs to sit in the balconies of theaters, and wait in much smaller rooms at bus and train stations.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Promise This-When You be Dying- Some shall summon Me- "And that way in which she says 'when you be dying', that's so classically the way African Americans structure their sentences, with that interesting use of 'be,'" "Maid as Muse" author Aife Murray says writing her book was a way for her to give credit where credit is due - to the unsung men and women whose language and culture enhanced the work of one of America's best-loved poets.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

In nineteen twenty-seven, Billie joined her mother in Harlem, the area of New York City where African-Americans lived.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

Usually,white publishers paid only a small amount of money for full ownership of music written by African-Americans.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

The group made youthful and fun music that was very popular with both African-Americans and white listeners.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

In nineteen sixty-five, they took part in marches in Alabama to support voting rights for African-Americans.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

He sought to end racial separation laws and other discrimination against African-Americans in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

By law,African-Americans could not attend the same schools or the same churches as white people.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

In Congress, Miss Jordan spoke for the poor, for women, for African-Americans and Latin Americans.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

He said Americans had blamed Britain for forcing African slavery on the colonists.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Some autoimmune diseases like lupus and scleroderma are more common in African-Americans.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

Some autoimmune diseases like lupus and scleroderma are more common among African-Americans.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

Then she became a representation of freedom for millions of African-Americans.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

At the same time, Brown worked for civil rights for African-Americans.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

Lena Horne refused to play roles that represented African-Americans disrespectfully.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

She used her fame to fight social injustices toward African-Americans.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

A number of African-Americans serve in the local government.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

Melvin has been an astronaut for 10 years. He says he's trying to be a role model to young African-Americans.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

At training camp, he and the 12 other African-Americans in his squadron of 200 were automatically segregated from the whites.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16