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Bookmark or Share- Negro - WikipediaNegro. In the English language, the word negro (or sometimes negress for a female) is a term historically used to denote people considered to be of Black African heritage. The word negro means the color black in both Spanish and in Portuguese (from Latin niger ), where English took it from. [1]
- Negro Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. dated, often offensive : a person of Black African ancestry. 2. dated, often offensive : a member of a group of people formerly considered to constitute a race (see race entry 1 sense 1a) of humans having African ancestry and classified according to physical traits (such as dark skin pigmentation) Negro adjective dated, often offensive. Negroid.
- How Negro History Week Became Black History Month and Why It Matters ...Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States for close to 100 years. But what is it, exactly, and how did it begin? In the years after Reconstruction, campaigning for the importance...
- Black History Facts - Black History Month & Little Known Facts | HISTORYUpdated: January 24, 2024 | Original: October 27, 2009. copy page link. Print Page. CM Battey/Anthony Barboza/Getty Images. Black History Month honors the contributions of African Americans to...
- Black History Month | Description, History, & Facts | BritannicaBlack History Month, monthlong commemoration of African American history and achievement that takes place each February in the United States. It was begun in 1976. Carter G. Woodson, c. 1910s. In February 1926 Woodson launched what would become Black History Month so as to recognize the history and achievements of Black Americans. (more)
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