1. descendants of African slaves brought to the United States by European colonists in history; Because the ancestors of black people all came from Africa. 16- 19 th century, European colonists transported a large number of black slaves from Africa to America, and more than half of them were transported to the United States today and were oppressed as slaves.

2. Black immigrants and their descendants. It accounts for about 13.2% of the total population of the United States, and one third of them are mulatto. Indians lived in America at first, and at the end of 15, Spain, the Netherlands, France and Britain immigrated here one after another. 1776 On July 4th, the Declaration of Independence was issued, announcing the formal establishment of the United States of America. From the beginning, the United States was an immigrant country.

American population structure: population 324 million (as of 20 17, 1). Non-Hispanic whites accounted for 62.1%; Latinos account for 17.4%, Africans account for 13.2%, Asians account for 5.4%, mixed-race people account for 2.5%, American Indians and Alaska natives account for10.2%, and Hawaiian aborigines or other Pacific islanders account for 0.2% (a few people repeat statistics in other ethnic groups).

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The representative figures of American black movement:

1, Martin Luther king: the soul figure who led the black movement, regarded "non-violence" and "direct action" as one of the most prominent advocates of social change methods. 1963 On August 28th, on the steps of Lincoln Memorial, King delivered a famous speech "I have a dream".

2. Malcolm X: the leader of the African-American civil rights movement. His deeds were later made into the film malcolm x. Before the Civil War, the surnames of African-Americans always followed the surnames of slave owners. Before getting rid of the branded surname imposed by white people and finding his own "soul surname", the black man's surname should be X, so he announced his surname X.

3. Douglas:/kloc-the politics of African American movement in the 9th century. Slave Douglas was a famous reformer, writer and debater. He devoted his life to abolishing slavery and fighting for black rights.

4. du bois: A famous American black scholar and a famous black civil rights leader. In the book "The Black Soul", du bois profoundly shows the black soul neglected and oppressed by the white world with clear and touching language. The outstanding significance lies in that it captures the essence of African-American culture and fully embodies the soul and dignity of African-American, thus achieving real spiritual liberation.

5. Marcus Garvey: An outstanding leader of the African-American movement in the 1920s, he led the first large-scale African-American mass movement-the Garvey Movement, which had a great influence on the African-American movement at that time and later.

6. Mrs. Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel. The views on African-Americans and American slavery in this novel have had a far-reaching impact and, to some extent, exacerbated the regional conflicts that led to the American Civil War.

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