In areas of society such as housing, education and employment, the Jim Crow laws meant that African Americans experienced significantly worse conditions than white people. For example, in ...

African Americans in the 20th Century,” at Scandinavia House through March 8. Organized by the National Nordic Museum in Seattle, where it had its debut last year, the exhibition features ...

It wasn't until the middle of the 20th century that African-American soldiers began to receive the recognition and equality they deserved. The beginning of the 20th century was marked by World War ...

For many African Americans growing up in the ... as protectors of their way of life and their white women. By the early 20th century, the writer Mark Twain had a name for it: the United States ...

In the early years of the 20th century, “women’s clubs” were popular. It was a time and a place for women to socialize, to polish the “feminine arts” of sewing and entertaining ...