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blacks

  • plural
    of black.
    black
    adjective
    being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
  • present tense form
    of black (3rd person singular).
    black
    adjective
    being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.

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What 250 years means: To me, it means that we’re still here, we’re living, we’re breathing… The blacks and browns, you know, us sticking together, I feel like we accomplished a lot in 250 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

“On a number of issues that would primarily impact conditions in low-income communities, grassroots blacks have registered opinions that are sharply at odds with the positions taken by the civil rights cadres.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

An Emerson College survey last year put overall support for the tax-credit program at 64%, including 61% of Democrats, 68% of Hispanics and 63% of blacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

At the time, one Nigerian man told BBC Pidgin: "It is not okay because we are blacks, we are brothers... everybody comes here just to survive."

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

Some Chicagoans who had found slavery repugnant now shuddered at the prospect of free blacks surging in to take up residence in their city.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield