African Americans
African Americans have been a part of the Americas ever since the late 1400s. ... African Americans were among the first to ever see Native Americans. ... It is said that up until the 1860s more then 10 million African Americans were brought to the Americas as slaves. ... Today, African American life has changed a great deal. ... African Americans have progressed a great deal in many things, the arts especially. ... African Americans have many different holidays one such as Kwanzaa, which lasts December 26 through January 1st. ... They celebrate this by drinking from the unity cup, lighting black, green, and red candles, and exchanging heritage symbols, like African Art. The many agricultural products like yams, ocra, grits, indigo dyes, peanuts, and rice can be traced all the way back to African and African American influences.