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2. One-drop rule - Wikipedia

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   The one-drop rule was a legal principle of racial classification that was prominent in the 20th-century United States. It asserted that any person with even one ancestor of black ancestry ("one drop" of "black blood") [ 1][ 2] is considered black ( Negro or colored in historical terms). It is an example of hypodescent, the automatic assignment ...

3. Race and ethnicity in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Some other race. 8.4%. Asian. 6.0%. Native American or Alaska Native. 2.9%. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. 0.2%. The first United States census in 1790 classed residents as free White people (divided by age and sex), all other free persons (reported by sex and color), and enslaved people.

4. List of women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Women CEOs of the Fortune 500, based on the magazine's 2022 list (updated yearly). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of Dec 7, 2022, women were CEOs at 9.4 percent of Fortune 500 companies. Fortune 500 women CEOs as of 2021 (47 women)

5. List of U.S. states and territories by African-American ...

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   Considering only those who marked "black" and no other race in combination, as in the first table, the percentage was 12.4% in 2020, down from 12.6% in 2010. [1] Considering those who marked "black" and any other race in combination, as in the second table, the percentage increased from 13.6% to 14.2%.

6. Black Death - Wikipedia

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   25,000,000 – 50,000,000 (estimated) The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people [ 2] perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. [ 3] The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and spread by ...

7. Wall Street Crash of 1929 - Wikipedia

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   The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, Crash of '29, or Black Tuesday, [ 1] was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. It began in September, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) collapsed, and ended in mid-November. The pivotal role of the 1920s' high-flying bull ...