Black Belt (U.S. region)
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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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 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 (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Black Belt (Alabama)
this entity surface form:
Black Belt region of Alabama