http://afroamhistory.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com African-American History GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-05-06T03:00:35Z hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/05/08/denzel-washington.htm For thirty years, actor Denzel Washington has been mastering the art of acting. Clearly, he has succeeded: he is the winner of two Oscars, numerous other awards, and most... http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/05/08/denzel-washington.htm 2008-05-08T03:00:43Z http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/05/06/sarah-vaughan.htm With only vocal experience in a church choir, a young Sarah Vaughan set her sights on a singing career. It was on the stage of the Harlem Apollo Theater... http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/05/06/sarah-vaughan.htm 2008-05-06T03:00:35Z http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/05/04/renowned-blues-singer-son-house.htm When Delta blues singer Son House reemerged in the 1960s after disappearing for two decades, listeners once again experienced the intensity of his blues. Perhaps his intense style was a... http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/05/04/renowned-blues-singer-son-house.htm 2008-05-04T23:49:59Z http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/05/01/the-murder-of-emmett-till.htm Fourteen-year-old Chicago resident Emmett Till had little knowledge about the ways of the South. Consequently, when he spoke to a white female grocery clerk in Mississippi, Till was unable... http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/05/01/the-murder-of-emmett-till.htm 2008-05-01T03:00:26Z http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/04/29/the-country-blues.htm Early blues singers, such as Blind Lemon Jefferson and Blind Blake, led the way when it came to the early recordings of the country blues. It was the popularity of... http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/04/29/the-country-blues.htm 2008-04-29T11:58:25Z http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/04/27/sixteenth-street-baptist-church-bombing.htm Eighteen days after the March on Washington, on the early Sunday morning of September 15, 1963, a bomb exploded in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four girls. Find out... http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/04/27/sixteenth-street-baptist-church-bombing.htm 2008-04-27T03:00:12Z http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/04/24/the-freedom-rides.htm The Freedom Rides were scheduled to take just thirteen days and initially involved only thirteen Freedom Riders. By the end of the summer of 1961, over three hundred activists had... http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/04/24/the-freedom-rides.htm 2008-04-24T03:00:20Z http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/04/22/sidney-poitier.htm Born prematurely and weighing only three pounds, Sidney Poitier’s chance for survival looked bleak. His father, certain that his son would not survive, obtained a shoebox in which he... http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/04/22/sidney-poitier.htm 2008-04-22T03:00:29Z http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/04/20/joe-louis.htm Joe Louis could not have guessed that a career in boxing would make him into national hero. As World War II loomed, Joe Louis was thrust into the political arena... http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/04/20/joe-louis.htm 2008-04-20T03:00:58Z http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/04/17/overview-of-jim-crow-laws.htm Jim Crow laws paved the way for segregation in the South. For nearly sixty years blacks lived under conditions that were separate and unequal. This summary briefly traces... http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/04/17/overview-of-jim-crow-laws.htm 2008-04-17T03:00:51Z