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[[Image:Black Square by Malevich.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Black Square]]'' (1915) by [[Kazimir Malevich]]]] | [[Image:Black Square by Malevich.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Black Square]]'' (1915) by [[Kazimir Malevich]]]] | ||
[[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|right|This reproduction of a [[1900]] [[minstrel show]] poster, originally published by the Strobridge [[Lithography|Litho]] Co., shows the transformation from [[white people|white]] to "[[blackface|black]]".]] | [[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|right|This reproduction of a [[1900]] [[minstrel show]] poster, originally published by the Strobridge [[Lithography|Litho]] Co., shows the transformation from [[white people|white]] to "[[blackface|black]]".]] |
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- absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless.
- without light.
- Relating to persons of African descent or (especially in the US) their culture.
- Bad; evil.
- 1655, Benjamin Needler, Expository notes, with practical observations; towards the opening of the five first chapters of the first book of Moses called Genesis. London: N. Webb and W. Grantham, page 168.
- ...what a black day would that be, when the Ordinances of Jesus Christ should as it were be excommunicated, and cast out of the Church of Christ.
- 1655, Benjamin Needler, Expository notes, with practical observations; towards the opening of the five first chapters of the first book of Moses called Genesis. London: N. Webb and W. Grantham, page 168.
- Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
- 1866, The Contemporary Review, London: A. Strahan, page 338.
- Foodstuffs were rationed and, as in other countries in a similar situation, the black market was flourishing.
- 1866, The Contemporary Review, London: A. Strahan, page 338.
See also
- African American
- Black music
- Black comedy
- Black people
- Black art
- Anthology of Black Humor
- The Black Dahlia (novel)
- Black Mountain poets
- Black science fiction
- Jack Black
- Black and white
- Black Ivory
- Karen Black
- Black magic
- Black market
- Black death
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