The black population resulting from the slave trade during the centuries of Spanish domination of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata had a major role in Argentine history. Throughout the eighteenth and 19th centuries, it comprised up to fifty per cent of the population in some provinces and had a deep impact on national culture.

In the 19th century, it declined sharply in number as a result of the wars of Independence (most of the soldiers were black Argentine men), high infant mortality rates, low number of married blacks, the Paraguayan War (most Argentine soldiers in this battle were black as well), cholera epidemics in 1861 and 1864, as well as a yellow fever epidemic in 1871.^{[citation needed]}

By the late 19th century, the Afro-Argentine population was consisted mainly of women,and mixed with the European immigrants that arrived. With thousands of immigrants of Europe arriving to Argentine soil, and most black women intermarrying with them, noting that their populations were already low, the Afro-Argentine population faded into oblivion.^{[citation needed]}

Mark Ronald Wells (born September 18, 1957 in St. Clair Shores, Michigan) is a retired American ice hockey forward. He is best known for being a member of the Miracle on Ice 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team which won the gold medal.

On November 6, 2010, Mark Wells' gold medal was auctioned off for $310,700.

Wells attended Bowling Green State University from 1975-1979 where he was a star forward in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (he only received a scholarship offer to play ice hockey after his first season with the university team). He joined the 1980 Olympic team on a full time basis in 1979 after his college career had ended.

Wells was selected 176th overall in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens. He joined Montreal's top farm team the Nova Scotia Voyageurs after the Olympics but was unable to win a place on the Canadiens roster. He was released by Montreal after the 1980 season and then signed to a free agent contract by the New York Rangers. Wells spent the following two seasons in the minor leagues with the New Haven Nighthawks, Flint Generals, Fort Wayne Komets and Oklahoma City Stars and retired in 1982 without playing a single game in the NHL.

Martin Kutnowski is a composer and music theorist. His works are rooted in the tonal idiom, and references to the musical past are often embedded within folk materials. Disks and scores with Kutnowski's music are available on Contrapunctus, FJH Publications [1], Billaudot [2], Ricordi [3], and iTunes. His background music is also featured in shows such as MTV's Room Raiders[4] and Soapography[5].

Kutnowski writes about tonal rhythm in Mozart and Scriabin, atonal voice leading in Peter Maxwell Davies, relationship between music and the moving image in popular culture—at the MTSNYS [6], the Schenker Symposium [7], The Fifth and Sixth International Music Theory Conferences in Tallinn, and Montreal Ed Media 2005 [8]. Articles by Kutnowski can be read in Latin American Music Review[9], Popular Music and Society [10] Musica Clasica (Buenos Aires, Argentina), MTO, and ex-tempore. Kutnowski has also given public lectures about music in the USA, Canada, England, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Estonia, Taiwan, and the People’s Republic of China [11]. He also writes about teaching and learning in post-secondary education, with articles in About Campus [12] [13], Teaching Perspectives [14] and Community College Journal [15].

Mark Alexander Ballas Jr. (born May 24, 1986) is an American dancer.

Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer on the ABC program Dancing with the Stars. He began competing on the show in the fall of 2007. He was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography in 2011. He is also a singer/songwriter/musician and released his first solo CD HurtLoveBox in March 2011.

Ballas was born in Houston, Texas, the son of dancers Corky Ballas and Shirley Ballas (née Rich). His paternal grandparents were of Mexican, Spanish, and Greek background, and his mother is British.^{[citation needed]} His paternal grandfather, George Ballas, was the inventor of the Weed Eater lawn-trimming device.

Ballas attended Rosemead Preparatory school in South London, and was in the same year as acclaimed British ballet dancer Max Westwell of the English National Ballet.

At the age of 11, he earned a full time slot at the Academy, as well as earning a full scholarship to the college. In 2005, he was awarded "Performer of the Year". He then moved on to win championships at The British Open to the World, The US Open to the World and The International Open to the World. With his former partner Julianne Hough, he won the Junior Latin American Dance Championship and the gold medal at the Junior Olympics.^{[disambiguation needed ][citation needed]}

Jacoby Jones (born July 11, 1984) is an American football wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Lane College.

Jones attended Marion Abramson High School in New Orleans, Louisiana and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In basketball, he was an All-Metropolitan selection and an All-Area selection. In track, he was an All-Metropolitan selection and an All-Area selection.

Jones originally enrolled on a track scholarship at Southeastern Louisiana University in 2002, but transferred to the Division II school Lane College in 2003. At Lane College, Jones became a three time All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) player his sophomore, junior and senior seasons as well as an excellent punt/kick returner.

His first TD reception was against the Tennessee Titans in week 2 of the 2009 NFL regular season. He also returned his first punt for a 70 yard TD vs. Miami in week 6 of the 2009-2010 season.