Africans in America
Featured Essay
In this essay, Steven Niven, the executive editor of the African American National Biography and the recently-published Dictionary of African Biography, constructs a mosaic of African lives that have shaped the history of America.
Beginning in the Age of Discovery and moving through the colonial period, the American Civil War, and Reconstruction, all the way through to the present day, Niven demonstrates the various ways in which African men and women have left their mark on American literature, scientific research, athletics, medicine, and religion.
The essay is a striking reminder of the wide range of experiences that have brought people to North America, as well as of the diversity of opportunity that this land has afforded through the centuries.
Photo Essay
Through portraits, engravings, historical documents, and photographs, the editors of AASC explore a diverse group of Africans whose lives have had a significant impact on American history and culture.
Featured Articles
The following entries have been selected to help guide readers who want to understand more about the lives and history of notable Africans who have lived in America. (Access to the following articles is available only to subscribers.)
Subject Entries
- Slave Trade
- Reconstruction
- Islam and Tradition
- African American Literature
- Nobel Prize
- African Scientists
- Boxing
