Black History

Black history refers to the history of black people in any of several regions:

  • History of Africa
  • Afro-Caribbean history
  • African-American history
  • History of Afro-Latin Americans
  • History of Afro-Arab peoples
  • Afro-Brazilian history
  • History of Black Canadians
  • History of Black British people

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or history:

    “If you’re born in America with a black skin, you’re born in prison, and the masses of black people in America today are beginning to regard our plight or predicament in this society as one of a prison inmate.”
    —Malcolm X (1925–1965)

    “A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.”
    —Aristide Briand (1862–1932)