Category
page 1African-American society
African Americans
Americans with sub-Saharan African ancestry

Colored
thumb|upright=1.5|Photograph by Russell Lee (photographer)|Russell Lee showing historical use of the term in the US in contrast with "white". Besides the big signs, the water cooler itself is labelled with a sign reading "colored".
Colored (or coloured) is a racial descriptor historically used in the United States during the Jim Crow era to refer to an African American. In many places, it may be considered a slur.
African American studies
academic field focusing on peoples of the African diaspora and Africa
African-American culture
pattern of human activity and symbolism associated with African Americans
Black Twitter
black social media movement