Paris. CONTINUED FROM Dl areas in 2005.) American blacks in France, though, are a category unto themselves. "In many ways, African- Americans came to France as a sort of privileged minority, a kind of model minority, if you will — a ...
France no longer Utopia for black Americans. By Tamrncrlin Drummond Los Angeles Times. I'ARIS — Twenty-five years ago, 1 Clarke hopped a plane bound for Paris with" a one-way ticket, $40 in his pocket and romantic visions of a colorblind ...
'Black Paris Tours' looks at love affair between black Americans and France's City of Light BvJAMEYKEATEN. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. PARIS - Any American with even a slight familiarity with Paris knows about Josephine Baker, the black swivel ...
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8th Infantry's quiet heroes broke ground for blacks in WWI. The Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, ni. — The all- black 8th Illinois Infantry Regiment fought In France in World War I at a time when African- Americans and whites served in ...