Thank you for the Support
The Campagin has Ended
Unity 4 Our Community
"Respect Black American Peoplehood"
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We are Distinct People with a Distinct Culture, Lived Experience, and even DNA. We should be treated with the same Respect and Dignity as other distinct people in America and not as a catch-all group. Our ethnogenisis occured in the United States of America thereby creating our Peoplehood.
We Are One
Update

Are you ready to be apart of History? Are you ready to make a difference in your community and around the Nation for Black Americans?
Then sign the online petition and Click here to Download the petition. Please print it out and take into your community. Get the signatures of your family and friends then upload to the OMB website Federal Register: Initial Proposals For Updating OMB's Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards
Petition
Timeline: The Power of Names and Naming Our People
We've Always Been One People
FROM SLAVES
TO FREEDMAN
TO COLORED
TO NEGRO
TO BLACK
TO AFRICAN AMERICAN
TO BLACK AMERICAN
Legal Identifers given to Black Americans by
Our Goverment
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Freed Blacks Foundational - 1865
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Slave - (1619 - 1865)
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Freedman - post-Civil War 1865
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Colored – (1880-1930’s)
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Negro – (1901 – 1945 or 1952)
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Black - Black leaders advocated in early 1960’s the term Black
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1970s Black was the staple term used by everyone
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1991 ushered in African American
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In 2019 to present: Black vs African American is trending
Did You Know the OMB Allows You to Choose how You want to Identify? Whether it's Legally Recognized or Not
Go Ahead Identify Yourself
Are You A?​
Legislative Crosswalk
POLICY WINS FOLLOWED BY EXTERNAL PRESSURE FOR RENAMING
Connecting the Dots of Our Lineage through Name Changes, Legislation, And Our Equity
Educate,





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Freed Black
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American Freedmen
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Gullah Geechee
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American Negro
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Black American
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African American
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American Descendants of Slavery
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Foundational Black American
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Etc
SOLUTION
Contact the OMB and tell them
"I support the Definitions and Reporting Category Changes"
Please Note: The Public Comment Close On April 12, 2023
Proposed OMB Fig 2. and Reporting Categories
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