No, people were stolen, sold and then later enslaved. They were not dull brutes or blank slates lacking culture, waiting for white people to write upon them.

There are many races, and ethnicity identifying factors present, within this act. Easily overlooked, and smothered out by the visuals, of the Civil Rights Movement. Some may only remember, that which they'd like to forget.

The Colored Musicians Club Museum is housed in the building. Named for a self-anointed 'colored' wing of the Musicians Local in 1917 by blacks whose participation had been rejected by Musicians Local 533, it was incorporated in 1935. The Colored Musicians Union morphed in the Colored Musicians Club, a place where black musicians gathered to practice and jam, to share information about gigs, musical trends, and lend each other communal support.

In the late 1890s, John Sanford Perry Hughes struck oil on land he owned in Oklahoma. After leasing the land, he moved to Los Angeles, where he became a successful real estate speculator. In addition to being a prominent businessman, Hughes was also the favorite uncle of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.

. However, there is a group of black folk, that truly would be considered Black American, or even American Black that is rarely mentioned in the celebration of Black History Month. They are called “The Copper Colored People.” According to the American Dictionary of English, also referred to as Webster’s Dictionary 1828, the “Native American,” also called “Indians” were as described - “AMER'ICAN, noun A native of America; originally applied to the aboriginals, or copper-colored races, found here by the Europeans