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Afro-Mexicans ( Spanish: afromexicanos ), also known as Black Mexicans ( Spanish: mexicanos negros ), [2] are Mexicans who have heritage from sub-Saharan Africa [3] [2] and identify as such. As a single population, Afro-Mexicans include individuals descended from both free and enslaved Africans who arrived to Mexico during the colonial era, [3 ...
Cuajinicuilapa. Cuajinicuilapa is the head town of the municipality of the same name in the Costa Chica region of the Mexican state of Guerrero. A low-lying area, it borders the Pacific Ocean and the state of Oaxaca. The municipality has the state's largest population of Afro-Mexicans with most of the population of this ethnicity.
The term Afro–Latin American is not widely used in Latin America outside academic circles. Normally Afro–Latin Americans are called Black (Spanish: negro or moreno; Portuguese: negro or preto; French: noir) and are seen as part of the general Latin demographic, especially in countries where they have a considerable presence.
Black Hispanic and Latino Americans, also called Afro-Hispanics, Afro-Latinos, Black Hispanics, or Black Latinos, are classified by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, and other U.S. government agencies as Black people living in the United States with ancestry in Latin America, Spain or Portugal and/or who speak Spanish, and/or Portuguese as either their first ...
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña [2] ( Spanish: [biˈsente raˈmoŋ ɡeˈreɾo]; baptized 10 August 1782 – 14 February 1831) was a Mexican military officer and statesman who became the nation's second president. He was one of the leading generals who fought against Spain during the Mexican War of Independence .
Blaxicans are Americans who are both Black and Mexican American descent. [1] Some may prefer to identify as Afro-Chicano or Black Chicana/o and embrace Chicano identity, culture, and political consciousness. [2] [3] Most Blaxicans have origins in working class community interactions between African Americans and Mexican Americans.
Jasper Williams (m. 1917) Children. Charles, Jasper, James. Clara Belle Williams (October 29, 1885 – July 3, 1993) was the first African-American graduate of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now New Mexico State University ), became an educator, and raised three sons who became doctors.
v. t. e. Gaspar Yanga — often simply Yanga or Nyanga (May 14, 1545 – 1618) [1] was an African who led a maroon colony of enslaved Africans in the highlands near Veracruz, Mexico (then New Spain) during the early period of Spanish colonial rule. He successfully resisted a Spanish attack on the colony in 1609. The maroons continued their ...