Black Americans
Descendants of slaves
Black Americans are people of African descent who are citizens or residents of the United States.
The term encompasses those whose ancestors were brought as enslaved people, as well as more recent immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean.
Black American is often interchangeable with African American, though some prefer one term over the other based on personal or political considerations.
Black Americans have shaped every aspect of American culture, from music to literature to civil rights.
- soulInnermost animating essence
- soul foodTraditional Black Southern cuisine
- HarlemManhattan neighborhood, cultural landmark
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
civil rights movement · gospel · freedom songs · hip hop · diaspora · resilience · community · heritage · blues · struggle · freedom · culture · MLK · pride · history · double consciousness · roots · Juneteenth
- ethnic groupsJews, Arabs, Chinese, Irish, Greeks
- Vulnerable Groupshomeless youth, orphans, refugees, disabled people, elderly poor
Black AmericansWhite Americans
U.S. European-descent population
white people · European Americans · Caucasians · Anglo-Americans · WASPs
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