(obsolete, now, historical, US) The second week of February, declared for observance of the history of the African diaspora in the United States.
(obsolete, now, historical, US) The second week of February, declared for observance of the history of the African diaspora in the United States. Celebrated until the foundation of Black History Month in the 1970s.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(US, dated, now, offensive) A house where black slaves are kept.
(possibly, obsolete) Good Friday, the Friday before Easter.
(US, historical) The movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West that occurred in the 20th century.
(US, obsolete, _, or, _, historical) A person passing for such a European, especially Native Americans or people from multiracial families.
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(chiefly, US) The state of quality of being of black African origin, or of having qualities, experiences etc. characteristic of black people.