Thursday, February 8, 2024 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm
DeWitt S. Dykes – Professor Emeritus, Oakland University
Persons forcibly kidnapped for a 3,000-mile stretch of West Africa and enslaved in North America came from a wide variety of different ethnic groups with distinctive traditions. They formed new families and established common values, traditions and a group identity. They used the term “African” in the 1770s, “colored” and “negro” in the 1830s, “colored,” “Negro,” and “Afro-American” in the 1900’s. “Black” and “African American” became the dominant terms after the 1970s.
Location:
Birmingham Next