African American women

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demographic group social group women of African descent in the United States

African American women are women in the United States of African descent, whose distinct cultural, social, and historical experiences have significantly shaped American history, arts, politics, and identity.

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Surface form	Occurrences
African-American women	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	demographic group ⓘ social group ⓘ women of African descent in the United States ⓘ
hasConceptualFramework	Black feminism GENERATED ⓘ intersectionality GENERATED ⓘ womanism GENERATED ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition	African American literature ⓘ African American music ⓘ African American oral tradition ⓘ Black church traditions ⓘ Black feminist thought NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDemographicLocation	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDiasporicConnection	Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFieldOfStudy	African American women’s history ⓘ Black feminist theory NERFINISHED ⓘ Black women’s studies NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalExperience	Black Power movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Black feminist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Civil Rights Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Migration NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Crow segregation NERFINISHED ⓘ second-wave feminism ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ third-wave feminism ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin	transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
hasLanguageVariety	African American Vernacular English NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMediaStereotype	jezebel stereotype ⓘ mammy stereotype ⓘ sapphire stereotype ⓘ strong Black woman stereotype ⓘ
hasNotableContributionTo	American civil rights ⓘ American education ⓘ American film ⓘ American literature NERFINISHED ⓘ American music ⓘ American philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ American politics NERFINISHED ⓘ American science ⓘ American social movements ⓘ American sports ⓘ American television ⓘ American visual arts ⓘ
hasPoliticalInfluence	Democratic Party voting base ⓘ civil rights leadership ⓘ voting rights activism ⓘ
hasReligiousAffiliationTrend	Black church denominations GENERATED ⓘ Protestant Christianity GENERATED ⓘ
hasSocialIssue	gender discrimination ⓘ health disparities ⓘ intersectional discrimination ⓘ mass incarceration impact on families ⓘ maternal mortality disparities ⓘ pay gap ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ underrepresentation in leadership ⓘ
subclassOf	African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ women in the United States ⓘ

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Walker System of hair care → targetDemographic → African American women ⓘ

And Still I Rise → subject → African American women ⓘ

this entity surface form: African-American women