Essential The Official African American Thread#2

[Jemmy]

they can be seen or thought of as "african americans" in the larger, more generic sense (people of african descent in america) but they aren't ethnic afroamericans

Didn't Obama sign a deal adding "African American" was a description of race along with "Black" on the US Census? The term has come confusing to some. It needs to be more specific to descendants of slaves and free people.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Didn't Obama sign a deal adding "African American" was a description of race along with "Black" on the US Census? The term has come confusing to some. It needs to be more specific to descendants of slaves and free people.

it's pretty straight forward


Race was asked differently in the Census 2000 in several other ways than previously. Most significantly, respondents were given the option of selecting one or more race categories to indicate racial identities. Data show that nearly seven million Americans identified as members of two or more races. Because of these changes, the Census 2000 data on race are not directly comparable with data from the 1990 census or earlier censuses. Use of caution is therefore recommended when interpreting changes in the racial composition of the US population over time.

The following definitions apply to the 2000 census only.[17]

• Black or African American. A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "Black, African Am." or provide written entries such as Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian.[17]

The federal government of the United States has mandated that "in data collection and presentation, federal agencies are required to use a minimum of two ethnicities: "Hispanic or Latino" and "Not Hispanic or Latino".[19] The Census Bureau defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race."[19] For discussion of the meaning and scope of the Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, see the Hispanic and Latino Americans and Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States articles.

Use of the word "ethnicity" for Hispanics only is considerably more restricted than its conventional meaning, which covers other distinctions, some of which are covered by the "race" and "ancestry" questions. The distinct questions accommodate the possibility of Hispanic and Latino Americans' also declaring various racial identities (see also White Hispanic and Latino Americans, Asian Latinos, and Black Hispanic and Latino Americans).


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so basically a foreign black could put "black or african american" + native country (Nigeria, Haiti, Jamaica etc..) or an afro latino could put "Puerto Rico + black", "Dominican + black" etc...

an ethnic afroamerican would only put "black or african american"

 

[Whogivesafuck]

Thomas L Jennings

Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1856) was the first African-American to be granted a patent, March 03, 1821 (U.S. patent 3306x). Jennings’ patent was for a dry cleaning process called “dry scouring”, which would go on to make modern-day dry cleaning possible. In his early 20's he became a tailor but then opened a dry cleaning business in New York City. While running his business Jennings developed dry-scouring and patented the process at age 30.

 

[Poitier]

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Its time yall know what to do Baddest Afro Descent Women: Day 58 - African-Americans!!!!!!:

 

[Jemmy]

If y'all had to predict what states y'all think have the chance to become African American majority.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

If y'all had to predict what states y'all think have the chance to become African American majority.

Question. Are you AA?

 

[Jemmy]

Question. Are you AA?

Yes.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Yes.

You just been drafted.
Baddest Afro Descent Women: Day 58 - African-Americans!!!!!!

Support the troops.

lol

 

[Black Lightning]

Indiana teen graduating from college before getting high school diploma

GARY, Ind. -- Eighteen-year-old Raven Osborne is about to get her college degree.

"I graduate from college on May 5," she told CBS News' Jericka Duncan.

But when does she graduate from high school? May 22.

Yes, it's true; Raven gets her college degree two weeks before her high school diploma.

"When people hear that … they're going, 'What? How did she do that?'" Duncan said.

"Yeah they think I'm lying," Raven said.

She did it through online classes, year-round community college and two years at Purdue University Northwest. Her semester-long college courses counted as a full year of high school credit.

"Sophomore, that was the most work. I had five high school classes, four college classes," she said.

Raven attends the 21st Century Charter High School in Gary, Indiana. The school is surrounded by dilapidated buildings, a common sight throughout the city.

Everyone here is required to take college classes on a college campus in order to graduate.

Some get just a few credits. Five of this year's 43 graduates earned associate's degrees. And then there's Raven.

Kevin Teasley started the foundation that runs the school. He uses state funding for tuition and transportation to nearby college campuses.

"The one line item I want to see go up every single year is how much I'm spending on college," Teasley said.

"When I started it was $10,000. Last year it was $85,000."

And how much did Raven pay for college? "Absolutely nothing," she said. "Not a dime."

Raven Osborne teaching younger students

This fall, Raven will be back at 21st Century Charter.

Instead of paying for college, the school will be paying her salary, $38,000 a year to teach.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Monica Pearson


Updated: Feb 16, 2016 - 11:29 AM

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Monica Pearson is a renowned Atlanta television broadcast journalist.

After 37 years as a news anchor with WSB-TV Atlanta, Pearson retired in 2012. She now hosts a weekly radio show on KISS 104.1 FM and continues her Closeups interviews on www.wsbtv.com/monica.

Since her retirement, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Georgia with a M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication, August 1, 2014; taught at Atlanta Metropolitan State College and wrote a column for Southern Seasons Magazine.

She has guest lectured at numerous colleges and universities, including the University of Georgia, Clayton State University, Kennesaw State University, Columbus State and Savannah State.

She joined WSB-TV in 1975 as Atlanta's first woman and first minority to anchor the daily 6 p.m. news. She also has anchored the 4, 5 and 11 p.m. news during her career, debuting the 4 and 5.

Pearson began her professional career atThe Louisville Times newspaper, followed by a position in the public relations department of Brown-Forman Distillers, before joining WHAS-TV in Louisville for three years as a reporter and later anchor.

She has received numerous accolades and honors for her distinguished bodies of work, 33 local and regional Emmys for reporting, anchoring and her Closeups and an Emmy for an exclusive interview, that garnered national recognition, with Georgia Congressman John Lewis in 2008, who changed his U.S. presidential support from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama.

After announcing her retirement, Pearson was also honored by Georgia lawmakers, the City of Atlanta and Fulton County for making history in the state and for her service to Atlanta and Georgia for nearly four decades.

In March 2012, the bi-partisan Georgia delegation to the U.S. Congress honoredMonica on the floor of the U.S. House. “Monica Pearson with WSB television in Atlanta, Georgia is indeed a true pioneer and a trailblazer in television news,” Rep. David Scott said on the House floor.

Among her many awards, Pearson was awarded the Legacy Award from the National Association of Black Journalist in 2012, the Atlanta Hawks Basketball Team Trailblazer Award in 2013 and also that year the Interdenominational Theological Center presented her with the James H. Costen Award for Excellence in Civic and Community Affairs.

In 2015 she was awarded the Richard M. Uray Award of Excellence from the National Broadcasting Society, Alpha Epsilon Rho and the Women’s Leadership Exchange awarded her their Compass Award.

She is a member of The Journalism Hall of Fame at the University of Kentucky, the Georgia Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, The Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame, The Georgia Music Hall of Fame and will be inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame in July of 2016.

She is a member of the Silver Circle of the Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and has received its highest honor, The Governor’s Award. She also was appointed in 2016 to a three year term on the Board of Jurors of the prestigious Peabody Awards of the University of Georgia.

Pearson is a member of numerous civic, community and professional organizations, including the NAACP (Life Member), The National and The Atlanta Associations of Black Journalists, The Atlanta Press Club and the Screen Actors Guild, to name a few.

She was the first African-American and the second woman to serve as Chairman of the Metropolitan United Way in 1988. In 2000, she was the first woman president of the Atlanta Tipoff Club that awarded the Naismith Trophy for the best in basketball. She also has served on the boards of directors for Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company and Meals on Wheels Atlanta.

She chaired the Go Red for Women Luncheon in 2015 for the American Heart Association, which saw a 115% increase in fundraising over 2014. She also is a member of Sisters of Promise, of Susan G. Komen and is a breast cancer and liver cancer survivor. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

Monica is a native of Louisville, Kentucky and grew up in what is known as Smoketown and graduated from an all-girl Catholic High School, Presentation Academy, where she has set up a scholarship for minority girls.

In addition to her degrees from the University of Louisville and the University of Georgia, she holds an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University), Oglethorpe University, American Bible University and a Doctor of Public Service from Young Harris College

Pearson is married to John E. Pearson Sr., the mother of Claire Patrice, and step-mother of John E. Pearson, II.

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[Medulla Oblongata]

Definitely gonna have to read through this thread.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

From Wikipedia

African Americans (also referred to asBlack Americans or Afro-Americans[3]) are an ethnic group ofAmericans with total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.[4][5] The term may also be used to include only those individuals who are descended from enslaved Africans.[6][7] As a compound adjective the term is usually hyphenated asAfrican-American.[8][9]

Black and African Americans constitute the third largest racial and ethnic group in the United States (after White Americans and Hispanic and Latino Americans).[10] Most African Americans are of West and Central African descent and are descendants of enslaved peoples within the boundaries of the present United States.[11][12] On average, African Americans are of 73.2–80.9% West African, 18–24% European, and 0.8–0.9% Native American genetic heritage, with large variation between individuals.[13][14][15] According to US Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not self-identify as African American. The overwhelming majority of African immigrants identify instead with their own respective ethnicities (~95%).[16] Immigrants from some Caribbean, Central American andSouth American nations and their descendants may or may not also self-identify with the term.[9]

 

[Black Lightning]

 

[Black Lightning]

From the Library Company of Philadelphia, with the following caption: Depicts a smiling African American woman serving ice cream from a barrel to handicapped African American children in Burholme Park, Philadelphia. The children, most with crutches, surround the barrel eating their ice cream. Burholme, originally the country seat of railroad magnate Joseph Waln Ryerss and an Underground Railroad station during the Civil War, became a public park at the death bequest of Ryerss’ son, Robert, in 1868. Photograph is ca. 1930.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Cortlan J. Wickliff



22 Year-Old Cortlan Wickliff is Youngest African American to Graduate from Harvard Law

Because of this unique journey, Dr. Cortlan J. Wickliff, Esq. has become an internationally known young engineer, lawyer, and leader who is quickly becoming a household name. Following his interviews on PBS, Fox News, ABC News, & NBC, his features in the Boston Globe, Houston Chronicle, & the Austin American Statesman, and his guest appearances on radio & television which include the Tavis Smiley show, South Africa’s DJ Sbu Radio Show, the Tom Joyner Morning Show with Roland Martin, and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson’s Radio Show, he has become a highly sought after motivational speaker at commencement exercises, conventions, universities and corporations.



Dr. Cortlan J. Wickliff, Esq. has an impressive resume which includes graduating from Rice University as the youngest engineer in the nation (age 19). He then became one of the youngest African American Harvard Law School graduate in the history of the school (age 22), and was the youngest of more than 94,000 barred attorneys in the state of Texas (age 23). He completed his education by graduating with his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University where he majored in Interdisciplinary Engineering (age 25). His research focused on how to apply engineering principles to better manage and bolster organizational compliance with contractual and legal regulations.