THE BLACK ETHNONYM
In the mid-1960s
The Black American ethnic group named ourselves Black. Black as a proper noun means; The Americans of the Black Laws and Codes. These laws and codes were written to persecute and document our existence.
Black American - North American ethnogenesis in the portion of land that would later become The United States of America. The Americans of the Black Laws and Codes with a documented existence under the names; Negro, Slaves, Black, Free People of Color, Mulatto, Creole, Gullah Geechee, Colored, Afro-American, and African American. The category Black American includes individuals who identify with any of the foundational populations in the U.S. prior to 1865. This includes peoples and groups that identify as Freed Blacks, American Freedmen, American Descendants of Slavery, Foundational Black Americans, etc.
