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:

    “You can’t be what you don’t see. I didn’t think about being a doctor. I didn’t even think about being a clerk in a store—I’d never seen a black clerk in a clothing store.”
    —Joycelyn Elders (b. 1933)

    “... in a history of spiritual rupture, a social compact built on fantasy and collective secrets, poetry becomes more necessary than ever: it keeps the underground aquifers flowing; it is the liquid voice that can wear through stone.”
    —Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)