African Americans in Alabama
Ethnic group in Alabama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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African Americans in Alabama or Black Alabamians are residents of the state of Alabama who are of African American ancestry. They have a history in Alabama from the era of slavery through the Civil War, emancipation, the Reconstruction era, resurgence of white supremacy with the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow Laws, the Civil Right movement, into recent decades. According to the 2020 Census, approximately 25.8% of Alabama's population is African American.[4]
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Total population | |
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1,348,681[1] (2017) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Bullock County, Dallas County, Greene County, Hale County, Lowndes County, Macon County, Marengo County, Montgomery County, Perry County, Sumter County, and Wilcox County.[2] | |
Languages | |
Southern American English, African American English, African American Vernacular English | |
Religion | |
Historically Black Protestant[3] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Black Southerners, Alabama Creole people |
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