Negro
noun
A dark-skinned person, especially of sub-Saharan African origin.
A negro has won the prestigious award.
Often appears as...
- negro slave
- negro population
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Disapproving
noun
The Negro river in South America.
The Amazon River merges with the Negro River.
Often appears as...
- negro river basin
- negro river delta
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Academic
noun
A former term used to refer to the genre of African-American culture and history.
Elements of Negro literature were discussed in today's literature class.
Often appears as...
- negro literature
- negro culture
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Academic
noun
A dark-skinned person, especially of sub-Saharan African origin.
A negro has won the prestigious award.
Often appears as...
- negro slave
- negro population
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The Negro river in South America.
The Amazon River merges with the Negro River.
Often appears as...
- negro river basin
- negro river delta
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A former term used to refer to the genre of African-American culture and history.
Elements of Negro literature were discussed in today's literature class.
Often appears as...
- negro literature
- negro culture
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Outdated Usage
The term 'negro' is considered outdated and potentially offensive; use 'black person' instead.
An accomplished black person received the award.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Always be culturally sensitive when referring to race; many prefer 'African American' or their specific nationality.
The African American community celebrated their heritage.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Understand the historical context; 'negro' was used during a time of racial inequality in the US.
Historical texts reference the 'negro' population during segregation.
Pro Tip 1/3Outdated Usage
The term 'negro' is considered outdated and potentially offensive; use 'black person' instead.
An accomplished black person received the award.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Always be culturally sensitive when referring to race; many prefer 'African American' or their specific nationality.
The African American community celebrated their heritage.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Understand the historical context; 'negro' was used during a time of racial inequality in the US.
Historical texts reference the 'negro' population during segregation.
Pro Tip 1/3Outdated Usage
The term 'negro' is considered outdated and potentially offensive; use 'black person' instead.
An accomplished black person received the award.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Always be culturally sensitive when referring to race; many prefer 'African American' or their specific nationality.
The African American community celebrated their heritage.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Understand the historical context; 'negro' was used during a time of racial inequality in the US.
Historical texts reference the 'negro' population during segregation.
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street a block or so in that direction a church where a negro leaders pleaded for peace and were rejected found that way the busy intersection where cars were overturned and burned where other cars were stoned where a television technician was pulled from his wagon and almost beaten to death
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and he was a well-known expert on what was then called "Negro medicine." He promoted the racial concept of disease, that people of different races suffer from different diseases and experience common diseases differently.
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street a block or so in that direction a church where a negro leaders pleaded for peace and were rejected found that way the busy intersection where cars were overturned and burned where other cars were stoned where a television technician was pulled from his wagon and almost beaten to death
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The problem with...
and he was a well-known expert on what was then called "Negro medicine." He promoted the racial concept of disease, that people of different races suffer from different diseases and experience common diseases differently.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
Negroes could be sold - actually sold as we sell cattle, with no reference to calves or bulls or recognition of family. It was a nasty business. The white South was properly ashamed of it and continually belittled and almost denied it. But it was a stark and bitter fact.
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Harriet Ann Jacobs
American Writer
If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls.
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John Sergeant Wise
American Author
Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying of their physical needs, or requiring that they render faithful service.
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Fanny Kemble
English Actress
In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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Ida B. Wells
American Activist
The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.
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Stephen Douglas
American Politician
Slavery is not the only question which comes up in this controversy. There is a far more important one to you, and that is, what shall be done with the free negro?
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Carter G. Woodson
American Historian
Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination.
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John H. Reagan
American Politician
The people of the Southern States now own near five millions of these negroes, and they are worth to them near three millions of dollars.
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A. Philip Randolph
American Activist
Negroes are in no mood to shoulder guns for democracy abroad while they are denied democracy here at home.
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Ethel Waters
American Musician
Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
Negroes could be sold - actually sold as we sell cattle, with no reference to calves or bulls or recognition of family. It was a nasty business. The white South was properly ashamed of it and continually belittled and almost denied it. But it was a stark and bitter fact.
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Harriet Ann Jacobs
American Writer
If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls.
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John Sergeant Wise
American Author
Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying of their physical needs, or requiring that they render faithful service.
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Fanny Kemble
English Actress
In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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Ida B. Wells
American Activist
The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.
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Stephen Douglas
American Politician
Slavery is not the only question which comes up in this controversy. There is a far more important one to you, and that is, what shall be done with the free negro?
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Carter G. Woodson
American Historian
Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination.
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John H. Reagan
American Politician
The people of the Southern States now own near five millions of these negroes, and they are worth to them near three millions of dollars.
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A. Philip Randolph
American Activist
Negroes are in no mood to shoulder guns for democracy abroad while they are denied democracy here at home.
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Ethel Waters
American Musician
Negroes are human beings with exactly the same faults and virtues as members of the other races.
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