Black Belt
Southern fertile corridor
The Black Belt is a crescent-shaped region stretching across the American South, named for its dark, fertile soil.
The area, running from Mississippi through Alabama and into Georgia, became the heart of cotton plantation agriculture and later retained a large African American population after emancipation.
The term now carries both agricultural and demographic significance. (Lowercase black belt is a martial arts rank.)
Deep South state
- MississippiSouthern state or major river
- GeorgiaName shared by country and state
- SouthRegion with distinct identity
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
plantation · fertile · soil · crescent · agriculture · demographic · African American · emancipation
Alabama
Deep South state
- MississippiSouthern state or major river
- GeorgiaName shared by country and state
- SouthRegion with distinct identity
cotton · plantation · fertile · soil · crescent · agriculture · demographic · African American · emancipation · rural
- AlabamaBirmingham, Alabama, Montgomery, Huntsville, Mobile
- American RegionsMidwest, Southwest, Northwest, Deep South, Pacific Northwest
- Black ChicagoSouth Side, Great Migration, Ida B. Wells
- certificationsCPA, CFA, Six Sigma, CFP, chartered
- Southern HistoryDeep South, Antebellum, Old South, Dixie, Confederate
- Southern LandformsAppalachians, Blue Ridge Mountains, Mississippi Delta, coastal plain, Everglades
Black Beltwhite belt
Lowest martial arts rank
beginner · novice · yellow belt · untrained · green belt
Black Beltnovice
Inexperienced newcomer to field
amateur · beginner · incompetent · unskilled · neophyte
Black BeltAppalachia
Eastern U.S. mountain region
Piedmont · Upcountry · hill country · Ozarks · Tidewater