Black Americans

E1571

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.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
African American	2,169
African Americans	441
African-American	111
Black Americans canonical	8
African American communities	3
African American community	2
African American (enslaved)	1
African American citizens	1
African American communities (United States)	1
African American communities in the United States	1
African American family	1
African American men	1
African Americans in Texas	1
African Americans in the United States	1
African-American communities	1
African-American community	1
African-American men	1
American (enslaved African American)	1
Black American	1
Black Americans abroad	1
Black or African Americans	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	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans Black Americans ⓘ surface form: Black people in the United States
ancestryIncludes	Central African peoples ⓘ European American ⓘ surface form: European Americans Native Americans ⓘ West African peoples ⓘ
areProtectedBy	U.S. civil rights laws ⓘ
areSubjectOf	African American studies ⓘ Black studies programs ⓘ
countryOfResidence	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Movement Great Migration of African Americans out of the region ⓘ surface form: Great Migration Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: 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 (2,750)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Claudine Gay → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

Black Americans → alsoKnownAs → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Black Americans → alsoKnownAs → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black people in the United States

Michelle Obama → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Shirley Ann Jackson → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Jim Crow laws → mainSubject → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Jim Crow laws → aimedAt → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Great Migration of African Americans out of the region → mainParticipants → Black Americans ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Migration of African Americans

this entity surface form: African Americans

Morehouse College → targetDemographic → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American men

Henry Armstrong → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

Overtown → ethnicCommunity → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Oliver Brown → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Spingarn Medal → eligibility → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Ku Klux Klan → opposes → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Ku Klux Klan → targetedGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Isabel Wilkerson → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Haitian Americans → relatedGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

Black Power movement → hasEthnicFocus → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Yolanda King → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

Civil Rights Act of 1875 → protectedClass → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Harlem Renaissance → ethnicFocus → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Michael Bruce Curry → hasEthnicity → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

John Wall → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African-American

African American Vernacular English → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

African American Vernacular English → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

Doc → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

Afro-Caribbean people → relatedGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Black Protestant churches → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Confederate States of America → populationGroupEnslaved → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

National Urban League → focus → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Deval Patrick → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

Lonnie Lynn → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

RZA → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

Black America Again → mainSubject → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Langston Hughes → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

Black Arts Movement → ethnicFocus → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

James Baldwin → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

Martin Luther King Sr. → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Alberta Williams King → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

Ben E. King → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Greg Gumbel → hasEthnicity → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African-American

Negro Life at the South → depictsEthnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Black Codes → mainSubject → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Sheila Johnson → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Rosa Parks → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Rosa Parks → heritage → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

Paterson, New Jersey → ethnicCommunity → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Americans

Ella Baker → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American

Diane Nash → ethnicGroup → Black Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African American