Negroes
- plural of Negro.
Example Sentences
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“Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy held a secret meeting here yesterday with a group of prominent Negroes to obtain their views on methods of combating segregation and discrimination in the North,” Robinson’s article began.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2025
Reporter: The first thorough study of Negroes and how they live in this country was completed only a few months ago.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
You know, Hebrews II Negroes was also the name of my favorite R&B group in the ’90s.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
Irving on Thursday shared a post that linked to a movie called “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2022
If he, who had advocated nonviolence rather than nationalism or separatism had been killed, what hope did the rest of us Negroes have?
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
