African American community
Black American society
The African American community refers collectively to Black Americans as a social, cultural, and political group, emphasizing shared heritage, experiences, and interests rooted in the history of slavery and its aftermath in the United States.
The term often appears in discussions of civil rights, health disparities, or cultural achievements: The African American community has long advocated for police reform.
Community here signals solidarity and common cause rather than geographic proximity.
- soul foodTraditional Black Southern cuisine
- Sunday dinnerWeekly family meal ritual
- NAACPCivil rights advocacy organization
- extended familyRelatives beyond parents, siblings
- HBCUsColleges serving Black students historically
storytelling · gospel music · sororities · oral tradition · talking drum · Reconstruction Era · jazz · Great Migration · redlining · Black Lives Matter · barbershops · hip-hop · fraternities · beauty salons · front porch · Harlem Renaissance · Jim Crow laws · freedom papers
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Hispanic community · Native American community · immigrant communities
African American communitydominant culture
Society's prevailing belief system
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