African Americans

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/african-americans

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the u.s. census definition?Americans with ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa
2. What is the estimated population (july 1, 2024)?42,951,595 individuals
3. Who are African Americans?African Americans are people in the United States whose family history comes from Africa. They are called Black Americans and are a unique group with their own culture and traditions.
4. How many African Americans live in the United States?About 42.9 million people, which is about 12.6% of all Americans, live in the U.S. as African Americans.

Transatlantic Slave Trade: The forced migration of Africans to the Americas for enslavement, spanning centuries and profoundly shaping global demographics and economies.
Reconstruction Era: The period in U.S. history (1865-1877) following the Civil War, focused on reintegrating the Southern states and defining the rights of newly freed African Americans.
Jim Crow Laws: State and local laws enacted in the Southern United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries that enforced racial segregation and discrimination.
Civil Rights Movement: A pivotal social movement in the mid-20th century that used nonviolent civil disobedience to challenge racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans.