Black history
At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?
About 4 million
What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
1865
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?
Negro History Week
In 1949, what religious movement did Malcolm X join?
Nation of Islam
What term referred to the large Black population in the Southern cotton growing states?
Black Belt