Black Belt for soil and demographics
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The Black Belt for soil and demographics is a region in the Southern United States characterized by its fertile dark soils and a historically high African American population rooted in the legacy of plantation agriculture.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Belt (soil and demographics) | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural region
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cultural region ⓘ historical region ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jim Crow segregation
NERFINISHED
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civil rights movement ⓘ sharecropping ⓘ tenant farming ⓘ voting rights struggles ⓘ |
| demographicPattern |
high African American share of population
ⓘ
majority-Black counties ⓘ |
| extendsAcross |
Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida Panhandle NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
cotton-producing history
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fertile dark soils ⓘ high proportion of Black residents ⓘ historically high African American population ⓘ legacy of plantation agriculture ⓘ persistent racial disparities ⓘ rural poverty ⓘ |
| hasEconomicCondition |
agriculture-dominated economy
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historically low incomes ⓘ limited industrial development ⓘ |
| hasEducationalCharacteristic |
lower educational attainment
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underfunded schools ⓘ |
| hasHealthCharacteristic |
high rates of chronic disease
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limited access to healthcare ⓘ |
| hasSubregion | Alabama Black Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyDependedOn | enslaved African labor ⓘ |
| historicallyNotedBy | W. E. B. Du Bois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallySupported | cotton plantations ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Gulf Coastal Plain
NERFINISHED
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Mississippi River Valley cotton belt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Southern United States ⓘ |
| nameOrigin |
dark color of the soil
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large Black population ⓘ |
| soilType |
dark clay-rich soils
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highly fertile soils ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFormation | antebellum era ⓘ |
| usedIn |
political analysis of race in the United States
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public health research on regional disparities ⓘ sociological studies of the American South ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wilcox County, Alabama