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The cost of a white man's labor for 10 years could buy an African for life.
The most popular American baby names are Michael, Matthew, Jacob, Joshua, and Christopher.
Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player of the 20th century, which broke the color line so that other African Americans could play in the MLB. Michael Jordan, possibly the best player in NBA history turned the game into a popular sport.
In terms of music, they brought about all the ingredients which would eventually help create jazz, the true American genre. These included gospel, old slave songs and perhaps most particularly, improvised melodies. Following Emancipation, when black American musicians performed before audiences, their genuine skill gradually put an end to the age of blackface minstrel singers.
The Jazz Age was a period of time when jazz music became popular. It brought on an explosion of music, including African American musicians, and also made people start to think about rebelling against social norms.