Black Americans

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African diaspora community demographic group in the United States racial and ethnic group

Black Americans are a racial and ethnic group in the United States descended largely from enslaved Africans, with a distinct cultural, historical, and political legacy that has profoundly shaped American society.

Aliases (10)

African American ×146
African Americans ×107
African-American ×20
African American citizens ×1
African American communities ×1
African American communities (United States) ×1
African American men ×1
African Americans in Texas ×1
American (enslaved African American) ×1
Black people in the United States ×1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African diaspora community → demographic group in the United States → racial and ethnic group →
alsoKnownAs	African Americans → Black people in the United States →
ancestryIncludes	Central African peoples → European Americans → Native Americans → West African peoples →
areProtectedBy	U.S. civil rights laws →
areSubjectOf	African American studies → Black studies programs →
countryOfResidence	United States →
culturalContribution	Black culinary traditions → Black fashion and style → Black film → Black literature → Black religious traditions → Black theater → Black visual arts → R&B → blues → gospel music → hip hop → jazz → rock and roll foundations → soul music →
face	economic inequality → educational disparities → health disparities → racial discrimination →
haveDeveloped	Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) → Black fraternal organizations → Black media outlets → Black political organizations → mutual aid traditions →
haveDistinct	cultural identity → historical memory → linguistic varieties such as African American Vernacular English → political traditions →
haveExperienced	employment discrimination → housing segregation → racial terror lynching → redlining →
historicalExperience	Civil Rights Movement → Great Migration → Jim Crow segregation → chattel slavery in the United States → mass incarceration → systemic racism → transatlantic slave trade →
influenced	American language and slang → American literature → American music → American politics → American popular culture →
legalStatusHistory	citizens of the United States after the 14th Amendment → formerly enslaved population →
majorityLanguage	English →
politicalContribution	Black Lives Matter movement participation → Black Power movement → Civil Rights Movement leadership → Reconstruction politics → abolitionist movement → criminal justice reform advocacy → voting rights advocacy →
populationRole	one of the largest minority groups in the United States →
primaryAncestry	enslaved Africans brought to North America →
religiousTraditionsInclude	African-derived spiritual practices → Black Catholic communities → Black Protestant churches → Islam in Black communities →
struggleFor	civil rights → racial equality → social justice →

Referenced by (285)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A$AP Rocky ("African American") → Ahmad Jamal ("African American") → Alberta Christine Williams ("African American") → Alberta Williams King ("African American") → Aldis Hodge ("African American") → Alfred Daniel Williams King ("African Americans") → Alice Walker ("African American") → Angela Davis ("African Americans") → Anna Murray Douglass ("African American") → Archibald Motley ("African American") → Artis Gilmore ("African American") → August Wilson ("African American") → Barry Jenkins ("African Americans") → Ben E. King ("African American") → Benjamin Hooks ("African American") → Bessie Smith ("African American") → Betty Shabazz ("African American") → Big Sean ("African Americans") → Bill Cobbs ("African American") → Bob Moses ("African American") → Bobby Shmurda ("African American") → Bradford Young ("African Americans") → Bryant Gumbel ("African Americans") → C. K. Steele ("African American") → C. Vivian Stringer ("African American") → Callie Rivers ("African-American") → Carl Weathers ("African American") → Carole Robertson ("African American") → Catherine Burks-Brooks ("African American") → Charles Person ("African American") → Chris Rock ("African American") → Chuck Berry ("African American") → Clarence Thomas ("African American") → Claudette Colvin ("African American") → Claudia Rankine ("African American") → Claudine Gay → Colin Powell ("African American") → Colman Domingo ("African Americans") → Condoleezza Rice ("African American") → Cynthia McKinney ("African American") → Cynthia Wesley ("African American") → Daisy Parker ("African American") → Damien Holland ("African American") → David Paterson ("African American") → Debbie Allen ("African Americans") → Deval Patrick ("African American") → Deval Patrick ("African American") → Diana Ross ("African American") → Diane Nash ("African American") → Doc ("African American") → Donna Summer ("African American") → Dooley Wilson ("African American") → Duke Ellington ("African American") → E. D. Nixon ("African American") → Earl Hines ("African American") → Eldridge Cleaver ("African American") → Elizabeth Eckford ("African Americans") → Ella Baker ("African American") → Eric Holder ("African American") → Esther Gordy Edwards ("African American") → Ezell Blair Jr. ("African American") → Floyd McKissick ("African American") → Franklin McCain ("African American") → Fred Shuttlesworth ("African American") → George Gervin ("African American") → George Washington Carver ("African Americans") → Gordon Parks ("African American") → Gwendolyn Brooks ("African American") → Haki R. Madhubuti ("African American") → Hattie McDaniel ("African Americans") → Heman Marion Sweatt ("African American") → Heman Marion Sweatt ("African Americans") → Henry Armstrong ("African American") → Horace King ("African American") → Horace Pippin ("African American") → Houston A. Baker Jr. ("African Americans") → Ice Cube ("African American") → Ike Turner ("African American") → Indira Milini Khan ("African American") → Isabel Wilkerson ("African Americans") → J. Cole ("African-American") → Jacob Lawrence ("African American") → James Baldwin ("African American") → James Farmer ("African Americans") → James Forman ("African American") → Jason Hudson ("African American") → Jenifer Lewis ("African-American") → Jermaine Jackson ("African American") → Jesmyn Ward ("African American") → Joh'Vonnie Jackson ("African American") → John Russell Houston Jr. ("African American") → John Wall ("African-American") → Jordan Peele ("African-American") → Joseph Lowery ("African American") → Julian Bond ("African Americans") → Justin Bibb ("African American") → Ketanji Brown Jackson ("African American") → Kevin Hart ("African American") → Lance Reddick ("African American") → Langston Hughes ("African American") → Lauryn Hill ("African American") → Lead Belly ("African American") → Leslie Uggams ("African American") → Lester Holt ("African Americans") → Lil Hardin Armstrong ("African American") → Lionel Hampton ("African American") → Lonnie Lynn ("African American") → Louis Gossett Jr. ("African American") → Louisa Matilda Jacobs ("African American") → Lynne Thigpen ("African American") → Madam C. J. Walker ("African Americans") → Marc H. Morial ("African Americans") → Marlon Jackson ("African American") → Martin Luther King Sr. ("African Americans") → Maulana Karenga ("African Americans") → Max Roach ("African American") → Maya Angelou ("African American") → Mellody Hobson ("African American") → Michael Ealy ("African-American") → Michael King ("African American") → Michael Kubayanda ("African Americans") → Michael P. Anderson ("African American") → Michael S. Regan ("African Americans") → Michelle Obama ("African Americans") → Mike Tyson ("African American") → Mos Def ("African-American") → Mr. Porter ("African American") → Mr. T ("African American") → Neil deGrasse Tyson ("African American") → Neil deGrasse Tyson ("African American") → Nella Larsen ("African American") → Nina Simone ("African American") → Obadiah Scott ("African American") → Oliver Brown ("African Americans") → Pam Grier ("African American") → Paul R. Williams ("African Americans") → Paula Patton ("African-American") → Pharrell Williams ("African-American") → R. Kelly ("African American") → RZA ("African American") → Ralph Abernathy ("African American") → Ralph Ellison ("African American") → Ray Charles ("African American") → Ray West ("African American") → Redd Foxx ("African American") → Reggie Jackson ("African American") → Reggie Smith ("African-American") → Richard Wright ("African American") → Robert Hooks ("African American") → Ronald McNair ("African Americans") → Rosa Parks ("African Americans") → Roy Campanella ("African American") → Roy Wilkins ("African American") → Rubin "Hurricane" Carter ("African American") → Rumi Carter ("African-American") → Russell Simmons ("African American") → Sheila Johnson ("African Americans") → Shirley Ann Jackson ("African Americans") → Spike Lee ("African American") → Stedman Graham ("African American") → Steve Harvey ("African American") → T-Pain ("African-American") → Tarana Burke ("African American") → Thurgood Marshall ("African Americans") → Tim Story ("African Americans") → Tracy Morgan ("African-American") → Tyrese Gibson ("African Americans") → Usher ("African Americans") → Vanessa L. Gibson ("African American") → Viola Davis ("African American") → Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall ("African Americans") → Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall ("African American") → Wayne Shorter ("African American") → West family ("African-American") → Whitney Young ("African American") → Willie Horton ("African American") → Yolanda King ("African American") → Zendaya ("African-American") →	ethnicGroup
Afro-Bahamians ("African Americans") → Afro-Barbadians ("African Americans") → Afro-Brazilians ("African Americans") → Afro-Caribbean people ("African Americans") → Afro-Latin Americans ("African Americans") → Caribbean Americans ("African Americans") → Caribbean Americans → Haitian Americans →	relatedGroup
Black Arts Movement ("African Americans") → Congress of African People ("African Americans") → Harlem Renaissance ("African Americans") → League of Revolutionary Black Workers ("African Americans") → Niagara Movement ("African Americans") → Republic of New Afrika ("African Americans") → US Organization ("African Americans") →	ethnicFocus
African American Vernacular English ("African Americans") → African American Vernacular English → Atlanta Baptist Seminary ("African Americans") → Black Protestant churches ("African Americans") → East 18th Street ("African Americans") →	associatedWithEthnicGroup
Janie Crawford ("African American") → King family ("African American") → Maggie Rogers ("African American") → Nicky Barnes ("African American") → Twista ("African-American") →	ethnicity
Cornel West ("African American") → Edwin Moses ("African American") → Goose Creek, Province of South Carolina ("African Americans") → Jeremiah Rivers ("African-American") → Tyasha Harris ("African-American") →	hasEthnicGroup
Black America Again ("African Americans") → Black Codes ("African Americans") → Jim Crow laws ("African Americans") → State of Black America report →	mainSubject
Bedford–Stuyvesant ("African Americans") → Overtown ("African Americans") → Paterson, New Jersey ("African Americans") →	ethnicCommunity
Black Power movement ("African Americans") → Muslim Mosque, Inc. ("African Americans") → Prince Hall Freemasonry ("African Americans") →	hasEthnicFocus
Greg Gumbel ("African-American") → Michael Bruce Curry ("African American") → Shannon Briggs ("African-American") →	hasEthnicity
Black Americans ("African Americans") → Black Americans ("Black people in the United States") →	alsoKnownAs
Enforcement Acts ("African American citizens") → Reconstruction Amendments ("African Americans") →	appliesTo
Montgomery Improvement Association ("African Americans") → National Baptist Convention of America International Inc. ("African Americans") →	demographicFocus
Negro Life at the South ("African Americans") → Old Kentucky Home ("African Americans") →	depictsEthnicGroup
National Urban League ("African Americans") → National Urban League ("African Americans") →	focus
Fordham (neighborhood) ("African American communities") → Gretna, Florida ("African Americans") →	hasDemographicGroup
African Methodist Episcopal Church ("African Americans") → Christian Methodist Episcopal Church ("African Americans") →	primaryConstituency
Texas African American History Memorial ("African Americans in Texas") → The Weary Blues ("African Americans") →	subject
Black Entertainment Television ("African Americans") → The North Star ("African Americans") →	targetAudience
BET Networks ("African Americans") → Morehouse College ("African American men") →	targetDemographic
Ku Klux Klan ("African Americans") → White League ("African Americans") →	targetedGroup
Ollie’s Barbecue refused to serve Black customers in its dining area ("African Americans") →	affectedGroup
Jim Crow laws ("African Americans") →	aimedAt
African-American culture ("African Americans") →	associatedWith
Black is beautiful ("African Americans") →	associatedWithCommunity
National Black Theatre ("African American") →	culturalIdentity
Harlem ("African Americans") →	demographicGroup
Spingarn Medal ("African Americans") →	eligibility
H.E.R. ("African American") →	ethnicBackground
Colored Town ("African American") →	ethnicCharacter
Black Panther Party ("African Americans") →	ethnicGroupFocus
James Chaplin Beecher ("African Americans") →	ethnicGroupOfCommand
Kamala Harris ("African American") →	ethnicOrigin
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ("African Americans") →	focusesOn
Jackson Heart Study ("African Americans") →	focusesOnPopulation
Abyssinian Baptist Church ("African Americans") →	foundersOrigin
Color Struck ("African American") →	hasAuthorEthnicity
Johnson ("African American communities (United States)") →	hasCulturalAssociation
Cloutierville, Louisiana ("African American") →	hasCulturalInfluence
John H. White ("African Americans") →	hasEthnicGroupFocus
Chicago Race Riot of 1919 ("African Americans") →	hasEthnicGroupInvolved
Chatham, Chicago ("African American") →	hasMajorityPopulationGroup
Organization of Afro-American Unity ("African Americans") →	hasMembership
African diaspora ("African Americans") →	hasPart
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis ("African Americans") →	hasParticipantGroup
American Civil War Museum ("African American") →	hasPerspective
Rosa Parks ("African American") →	heritage
South Philadelphia ("African Americans") →	historicallyPopulatedBy
AAVE ("African Americans") →	historicallySpokenBy
Great Migration of African Americans ("African Americans") →	mainParticipants
Robbins, Illinois ("African Americans") →	majorityPopulationGroup
Uncle Tom ("American (enslaved African American)") →	nationality
Ku Klux Klan ("African Americans") →	opposes
Third World Press ("African Americans") →	ownedBy
Confederate States of America ("African Americans") →	populationGroupEnslaved
North Brentwood, Maryland ("African Americans") →	populationMajorityGroup
First Baptist Church (Selma, Alabama) ("African Americans") →	primaryCongregation
Church of God in Christ ("African American") →	primaryEthnicComposition
Civil Rights Act of 1875 ("African Americans") →	protectedClass
Luster ("African American") →	race
Sethe ("African American") →	raceOrEthnicity
Williams ("African Americans") →	usedByEthnicGroup
Colfax massacre ("African Americans") →	victim