| Ethnicity | African American |
| Legal battles | Yes |
| Migrant history | Voluntary indentured servants |
| Prominent figures | Martin Luther King Jr. • Harriet Tubman • Barack Obama • Oprah Winfrey |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Civil rights movements | Yes |
| Suffered discrimination | Yes |
| Slavery or Jim Crow laws | No |
| Significant societal progress | Education • Political representation • Economic affluence • Cultural contributions |
