Black Belt (U.S. region)

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cultural region geographic region historical region

The Black Belt is a historically significant region in the Southern United States known for its fertile dark soils, large African American population, and central role in the legacy of slavery and the civil rights movement.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Black Belt (U.S. region) canonical 5
Black Belt (United States) 1
Black Belt region of Alabama 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Great Migration origins ⓘ
plantation economy ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
sharecropping ⓘ
tenant farming ⓘ
voter suppression of African Americans ⓘ
contains many majority-Black rural counties ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demographicFeature majority-Black counties in many areas ⓘ
economicCharacteristic agricultural dependence ⓘ
persistent rural poverty ⓘ
extendsInto Alabama ⓘ
Arkansas ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
hasCharacteristic humid subtropical climate ⓘ
rich clay soils ⓘ
hasLegacy educational disparities ⓘ
health disparities ⓘ
racial inequality ⓘ
historicallyDominantCrop cotton ⓘ
historicallyDominantLaborSystem chattel slavery ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfImportance Jim Crow laws ⓘ
surface form: Jim Crow era

Reconstruction era ⓘ
antebellum era ⓘ
civil rights era ⓘ
importantFor African-American culture ⓘ
surface form: African American culture

Black political power in the South ⓘ
influenced civil rights organizing strategies ⓘ
knownFor cotton plantation agriculture ⓘ
fertile dark soils ⓘ
high African American population ⓘ
legacy of slavery ⓘ
role in the civil rights movement ⓘ
locatedIn Southern United States ⓘ
nameRefersTo dark color of soil ⓘ
partOf Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
politicalSignificance base of Black electoral strength in the South ⓘ
soilType Cretaceous chalk-derived soils ⓘ
alkaline clay ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Deep South → overlapsWith → Black Belt (U.S. region) ⓘ
Selma, Alabama → partOf → Black Belt (U.S. region) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Belt region of Alabama
Randolph County, Georgia → partOf → Black Belt (U.S. region) ⓘ
Black Belt → partOf → Black Belt (U.S. region) ⓘ
subject surface form: Black Belt (Alabama)
Kemper County, Mississippi, United States → locatedInRegion → Black Belt (U.S. region) ⓘ
subject surface form: Kemper County, Mississippi
Montgomery County → region → Black Belt (U.S. region) ⓘ
subject surface form: Montgomery County, Alabama
Wilcox County → locatedIn → Black Belt (U.S. region) ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilcox County, Alabama
this entity surface form: United States Census Bureau-designated Black Belt region
Alabama Black Belt → partOf → Black Belt (U.S. region) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Belt (United States)