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

In 1680, the Virginia legislature passed “an act for preventing Negroes Insurrections” that forbid enslaved Africans from carrying weapons, gathering in public, and traveling without permission.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

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

Under the dim light in the tiny room without windows, I realized I was having my first pro-longed contact as a Negro with other Negroes.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin