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Milestones of Afican American

rom Ancient times, Africans were known for their mighty were shunned by other citizens. Not so that they were submissive,
dynasties, from Ghana empire to Nubia empire, kings of the businesses, buildings and entertainment venues reserved
each era were wealthy and have major military terms. When
the Europeans arrived in Africa and the demand for labor soared, the In the Harlem renaissance, things exploded, and the types of
slave trade took place. the first Africans were traded from their king entertainment in the black neighborhood flourished. from music,
the Europeans. Later, due to poverty and lack of jobs, Africans were to drama or the golden age of black art culture was sprouted from
traded to America as slaves. Ships carrying slaves from Africa, to this moment.Among neighborhoods like Harlem that flourished
Europe and then to America were increasing. and passed down forever, there are also places that have been
forgotten. Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the 1900s, when the Indian land Over the decades, blacks escaped slav-
The number of slaves in the US is increasing day by day, was now inhabited by both whites and blacks. Tulsa’s economy ery and grew more and more. The 1900s
so the economy here also grows higher. Especially, rise of based on oil production originated from the blacks. However, under were the golden age of black culture.
cotton industry. Southern slave-owener tried to strip their Jim Crow law, the city was split into two and Greenwood was a
slaves away. They also made dozens of laws when their street of black people. they live separately from white people. Not
slaves fled to the vicinity. This period is considered to be the stopping there, the summer of 1921, Tulsa happened the worst
darkest in African American history of all. racial massacre in America. Bombs rained down on thousands of
Greenwood homes, leaving the whole neighborhood in flames.
Until the civil war broke out, due to the conflict between the two
sides that slaves had the right to live like humans and above all, It has been almost 100 years, so many similar events have
they had the right to be freed as a citizen and the other to take care happened. but black people persistently work hard and grow.
of slaves. Valid is legal. Abraham Lincoln with the emancipation positive people, with the desire to change stereotypes and strive
proclamation issued, along with the freedom of the blacks at that to contribute to the community as well as this country. When we
time, was a relief to these bad days. recall events in history, we do not just recall the golden age, the
hurts and the things that need to be changed in order to develop
Black people are no longer under the pressure of a s lave owner, and improve. History cannot be changed, but we can understand it
they have mastered their lives. It did not stop there, the golden age in a different way. above all, these people deserve recognition for
of blacks was just beginning, they had difficulty in daily life and their contributions to the community and to the country.

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