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Africa’s Influence on U.S. Culture

Most of the Africans forcibly brought to the plantations, mines, and workshops of the New World made their involuntary journey from the coast of West Africa

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Chinese Culture Transferred to America

The Chinese who came to America in the late nineteenth century were mostly poor peasants and laborers who had to struggle to survive in the miserable conditions of their time.

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Jewish culture in the U.S.

The first Jewish immigrants to settle in the United States were 23 Sephardic Jews who arrived in New Amsterdam (later known as New York City) in 1654.

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Arab Culture in the United States

Food and family are the foundation of Arab and Arab-American culture. For Arab immigrants, the family is the most important social and economic institution.