![]() | Becoming African Americans: Black Public Life in Harlem, 1919-1939 Subjects: African Americans -- History -- 1877–1964; African Americans -- Race identity; African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century; African diaspora; In 2000, the United States census allowed respondents for the first time to tick a box marked "African American" in the race category. The new option marked official recognition of a term that had been gaining currency for some decades. Africa has always played a role in black identity, but it was in the tumultuous period between the two world wars that black Americans first began to embrace a modern African American identity. |
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