African Americans are those people who are citizens or residents of America but have their roots or origins in the continent of Africa.These African Americans came to US at the time when slavery was at its peak and these are the single biggest community after the White Americans.
The place where the African Americans first arrived was the town called Jamestown near Virginia and the year was 1619.James Armistead was the main person who helped the English colonist to secure the American independence in 1781 Yorktown war.
Another famous African American is Oliver Cromwell who is actually shown in the portrait which was done by George Washington called the 1776 crossing of the Delaware portrait.
1863 was the year when Abraham Lincoln declared that all the salves were free by issuing a decree called the Emancipation Proclamation
Civil rights act of 1964 banned any racial discrimination whatsoever in the public accommodations, employment and labor unions
