Africa
African Americans were generally brought with other white immigrants as slaves.
Job opportunities, the ability to escape racial hatred, and freedom from the threat of violence.
African Americans were wherever their slaveholders put them to work.
African American slaves were brought to Texas by boat across the Atlantic ocean from Africa.
New music such as blues and rock.
Approximately 11% of Texans are African American.
Food, including ribs, cornbread, and fried okra to name a few.
Literature and poetry.
Taste of Soul Food events, Civil Rights celebrations, Black History Month.
