| Aardvark | Africa |
| Aardwolf | Africa |
| Aaron, Henry Louis "Hank" | United States |
| Abacha, Sani | Africa |
| Abakuás | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Abbott, Diane | Europe |
| Abbott, Robert Sengstacke | United States |
| Abd al-Qadir | Africa |
| Abdallah, Ahmed | Africa |
| Abdias do Nascimento | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem | United States |
| Abé | Africa |
| Abeokuta | Africa |
| Abernathy, Ralph David | United States |
| Abidjan | Africa |
| Abiola, Moshood | Africa |
| Abolition | United States |
| Abolition and Emancipation in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Abolitionist Novels in Cuba: An Interpretation | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Abrahams, Peter | Africa |
| Abron | Africa |
| Abuja | Africa |
| Abu-Jamal, Mumia | United States |
| Acacia | Africa |
| Acapulco (Mexico) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Accra | Africa |
| Acea, Isidro | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Achebe, Chinua | Africa |
| Acholi | Africa |
| Adangbe | Africa |
| Adderley, Julian Edwin "Cannonball" | United States |
| Addis Ababa | Africa |
| Adja | Africa |
| Afar | Africa |
| Afewerki, Isayas | Africa |
| Affirmative Action | United States |
| AFL-CIO | United States |
| Afo | Africa |
| Afoxés/Blocos Afros | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Africa and the Imperial Imagination: An Interpretation | Africa |
| African Agriculture in the Americas: An Interpretation | Cross-Cultural |
| African Americans and the Changing Nature of Work in the Post-World War II Era: An Interpretation | United States |
| African Americans and the Communist Party USA | United States |
| African and Afro-Caribbean Religions in the United States | United States |
| African Art and Architecture | Africa |
| African Blood Brotherhood | United States |
| African Christianity: Overview | Africa |
| African Cinema | Africa |
| African City, The | Africa |
| African Cup of Nations | Africa |
| African Diaspora: Overview | Cross-Cultural |
| African Ethnic Groups in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| African Free School | United States |
| African Hunting Dog | Africa |
| African Languages: Overview | Africa |
| African Meeting House | United States |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church | United States |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | United States |
| African Music | Africa |
| African National Congress | Africa |
| African Origins of Humanity | Africa |
| African Orthodox Church | United States |
| African Religions in Brazil | Latin America/Caribbean |
| African Religions in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| African Religions: An Interpretation | Africa |
| African Slaves in Iraq | Other |
| African Socialism | Africa |
| African Squadron | Africa |
| African Studies in the United States: An Interpretation | Africa |
| African Women Artists: An Interpretation | Africa |
| African-Brazilian Emigration to Africa | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Africans and the Olympics | Africa |
| Africans in South Asia | Other |
| Afrikaner | Africa |
| Afro-Beat | Africa |
| Afro-Brazilian Jazz | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Afro-Caribbean Religious Music | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Afro-Caribbean Secular Music | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Afrocentricism | Cross-Cultural |
| Afrocubanismo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Afro-Latin American and -Caribbean Identity: An Interpretation | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Afro-Latin Jazz | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Afro-Latino Cultures in the United States | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Afusari | Africa |
| Agadez | Africa |
| Agaja | Africa |
| Agaw | Africa |
| Aguirre Beltrán, Gonzalo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Ahanta | Africa |
| Ahidjo, El Hajj Ahmadou | Africa |
| Ai Ogawa, Florence | United States |
| Aidid, Mohammad Farrah | Africa |
| Aidoo, Ama Ata | Africa |
| AIDS in Africa: An Interpretation | Africa |
| AIDS in the United States | United States |
| Ailey, Alvin | United States |
| Akan | Africa |
| Akposo | Africa |
| Aksum | Africa |
| Akuapem | Africa |
| Akunakuna | Africa |
| Akyem | Africa |
| Aladura Churches | Africa |
| Alassane, Moustapha | Africa |
| Albizu Campos, Pedro | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Alcohol in Africa | Africa |
| Aldridge, Ira | United States |
| Alegre, José María | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Alexander, Clifford L., Jr. | United States |
| Alexander, Raymond Pace | United States |
| Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell | United States |
| Alexandria | Africa |
| Alexandria and Grecian Africa: An Interpretation | Africa |
| Alexis, Jacques Stéphen | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Algarín, Miguel | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Algeria | Africa |
| Algeria (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Algiers | Africa |
| Al-Hajj Umar Tal | Africa |
| Ali Farka Toure | Africa |
| Ali, Muhammad | United States |
| Alí, Pablo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Alice Lakwena's Holy Spirit Movement | Africa |
| Allen, Richard | United States |
| Allensworth, Allen | United States |
| Almohads | Africa |
| Almoravids | Africa |
| Aloe | Africa |
| Alpha Blondy | Africa |
| Alphonso I | Africa |
| Alston, Charles Henry | United States |
| Alur | Africa |
| Amadi, Elechi | Africa |
| Amado, Jorge | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Amateur Night in Harlem | United States |
| Amazon | Africa |
| Amenia Conference of 1916 | United States |
| Amenia Conference of 1933 | United States |
| American Anti-Slavery Society | United States |
| American Colonization Society | United States |
| American Electoral Politics, Blacks in | United States |
| American Indians | United States |
| American Missionary Association | United States |
| American Moral Reform Society | United States |
| American Negro Academy | United States |
| American Negro Theatre | United States |
| American Revolution | United States |
| American Urban Radio Networks | United States |
| Americo-Liberians | Africa |
| Amhara | Africa |
| Amin Dada, Idi | Africa |
| Amistad Mutiny | United States |
| Amo, Anton Wilhelm | Europe |
| Amos 'n' Andy | United States |
| Amsterdam News | United States |
| An American Dilemma: the Negro Problem and Modern Democracy | United States |
| Ana | Africa |
| Anang | Africa |
| Anastacia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Ancient African CivilizationsAfrican Civilizations | Africa |
| Anderson, Eddie "Rochester" | United States |
| Anderson, Marian | United States |
| Andrada e Silva, José Bonifacio | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Andrews, Benny | United States |
| Andrianampoinimerina | Africa |
| Anga | Africa |
| Angas | Africa |
| Angelou, Maya | United States |
| Anglo African, The | United States |
| Anglophone African Writers | Africa |
| Angola | Africa |
| Angola (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Anguilla | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Anguilla (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Annan, Kofi | Africa |
| Antaisaka | Africa |
| Antananarivo | Africa |
| Antandroy | Africa |
| Antelope | Africa |
| Antelope Case | United States |
| Anthropology in Africa | Africa |
| Antiabolitionism | United States |
| Anti-Apartheid Movement | Africa |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Antigua and Barbuda (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Antilynching Movement | United States |
| Antimiscegenation Laws in the United States | United States |
| Anton | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Anuak | Africa |
| Anyi | Africa |
| Apartheid | Africa |
| Apollo Theater | United States |
| Aponte, Antonio | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Apostolic Movement | United States |
| Apprenticeship in the British Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Argentina | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Aristide, Jean-Bertrand | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Ark of the Covenant | Africa |
| Armah, Ayi Kwei | Africa |
| Armenteros, Alfredo "Chocolate" | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Armstrong, Lillian Hardin "Lil" | United States |
| Armstrong, Louis "Satchmo" | United States |
| Armstrong, Samuel | United States |
| Arnett, Benjamin William, Jr. | United States |
| Aro | Africa |
| Art Collections | United States |
| Art in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Art, African American | United States |
| Artel, Jorge | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Artis, William Ellisworth | United States |
| Aruba | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Aruba (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Arusha (City) | Africa |
| Arusha (People) | Africa |
| Arusi | Africa |
| Asal, Lake | Africa |
| Asante | Africa |
| Asantewa, Yaa | Africa |
| Ashe, Arthur Robert, Jr. | United States |
| Ashford, Evelyn | United States |
| Asmara | Africa |
| Assin | Africa |
| Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History | United States |
| Aswan High Dam | Africa |
| Athletes, Africans Abroad | Africa |
| Atkins, Cholly | United States |
| Atlanta Compromise | United States |
| Atlanta Life Insurance Company | United States |
| Atlanta Riot of 1906 | United States |
| Atlanta, Georgia | United States |
| Atlas Mountains | Africa |
| Attica Uprising | United States |
| Attié | Africa |
| Attucks, Crispus | United States |
| Aushi | Africa |
| Averroes | Africa |
| Aviators | United States |
| Awolowo, Obafemi | Africa |
| Awooner, Kofi | Africa |
| Azande | Africa |
| Azania | Africa |
| Azeredo, Albuino | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Azevedo, Aluísio | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi | Africa |
| Bété | Africa |
| Bâ, Mariama | Africa |
| Baba, Ahmad | Africa |
| Babangida, Ibrahim Gbadamosi | Africa |
| Babimbi | Africa |
| Babimbi | Africa |
| Baboon | Africa |
| Baca, Susana | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bade | Africa |
| Baga | Africa |
| Bagaza, Jean-Baptiste | Africa |
| Baggara | Africa |
| Baghio'o, Jean Louis | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Baha'i Faith | Cross-Cultural |
| Bahamas | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bahamas (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bahia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bailey, Pearl | United States |
| Baka | Africa |
| Bakèlè | Africa |
| Baker, Augusta | United States |
| Baker, Ella J. | United States |
| Baker, Josephine | Europe |
| Bakoko | Africa |
| Bakossi | Africa |
| Bakota | Africa |
| Bakweri | Africa |
| Balaguer, Joaquín | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Balanta | Africa |
| Baldwin, James | United States |
| Baldwin, Maria Louise | United States |
| Ball, James Presley | United States |
| Baltimore, Maryland | United States |
| Bamako | Africa |
| Bambara | Africa |
| Bambara, Toni Cade | United States |
| Bamiléké | Africa |
| Banana | Africa |
| Banda | Africa |
| Banda, Kamuzu | Africa |
| Bangui | Africa |
| Banjo | United States |
| Banjul | Africa |
| Bankole, Ayo | Africa |
| Banks, Ernest "Ernie" | United States |
| Banneker, Benjamin | United States |
| Bannister, Edward Mitchell | United States |
| Bantu Educational Cinema Experiment | Africa |
| Bantu: Dispersion and Settlement | Africa |
| Bantustans | Africa |
| Banu Hilal and Banu Sulaim | Africa |
| Baobab Tree | Africa |
| Baptists | United States |
| Baquaqua, Mahommah G. | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bara | Africa |
| Baraka, Amiri | United States |
| Barbados | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Barbados (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Barber, Francis | Europe |
| Barber, Jesse Max | United States |
| Barbosa, José Celso | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Barbosa, Rui | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Barghash ibn Sa'id | Africa |
| Bari | Africa |
| Bariba | Africa |
| Barnett, Claude Albert | United States |
| Barnett, Etta Moten | United States |
| Barrios, Pilar | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Barry, Marion Shepilov, Jr. | United States |
| Barth, Heinrich | Africa |
| Barthe, Richmond | United States |
| Baseball | United States |
| Baseball in the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Basie, William James "Count" | United States |
| Basketball | United States |
| Basora, Santiago | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Basquiat, Jean-Michel | United States |
| Bass, Charlotta Spears | United States |
| Bassa of Cameroon | Africa |
| Bassa of Liberia | Africa |
| Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bates, Clayton "Peg Leg" | United States |
| Bates, Daisy Lee Gatson | United States |
| Batista, Fulgencio | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Battey, Cornelius M. | United States |
| Battle, Kathleen | United States |
| Baule | Africa |
| Bauza, Mario | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bearden, Romare | United States |
| Beasley, Delilah Isontium | United States |
| Beatrice, Dona | Africa |
| Beavers, Louise | United States |
| Bechet, Sidney Joseph | United States |
| Beckwourth, James Pierson | United States |
| Bedia, José | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bedie, Henry | Africa |
| Bedouin | Africa |
| Bee-Eater | Africa |
| Beira | Africa |
| Beja | Africa |
| Belafonte, Harold George "Harry" | United States |
| Belize | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Belize (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bellegarde, Dantes | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bello, Ahmadu | Africa |
| Bello, Muhammad | Africa |
| Belmopan (Belize) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bemba | Africa |
| Bembeya Jazz National | Africa |
| Ben Bella, Ahmed | Africa |
| Bena | Africa |
| Beni Amer | Africa |
| Benin | Africa |
| Benin (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Benin Bronzes | Africa |
| Benin, Kingdom of | Africa |
| Benjedid, Chadli | Africa |
| Benjor, Jorge | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bennett, Lerone, Jr. | United States |
| Bennett, Louise | United States |
| Berbers | Africa |
| Bérenger, Paul | Africa |
| Beri | Africa |
| Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 | Africa |
| Bermuda | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bermuda (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Berry, Charles Edward Anderson, "Chuck" | United States |
| Berry, James | Europe |
| Berry, Leon Brown "Chu" | United States |
| Berry, Mary F. | United States |
| Berti | Africa |
| Betances, Ramón Emeterio | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bete | Africa |
| Bethune, Mary McLeod | United States |
| Beti | Africa |
| Beti, Mongo | Africa |
| Betsileo | Africa |
| Betsimisaraka | Africa |
| Beulah | United States |
| Bibb, Henry Walton | United States |
| BIBLIO: Gillespie, John Birks "Dizzy" | Africa |
| Bigaud, Wilson | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Biggers, John | United States |
| Bight of Benin | Africa |
| Biguine | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bijagos | Africa |
| Bikila, Abebe | Africa |
| Biko, Stephen Bantu | Africa |
| Bikutsi | Africa |
| Bilin | Africa |
| Bimoba | Africa |
| Biogeography of Africa | Africa |
| Biohó, Benkos | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Birifor | Africa |
| Birmingham, Alabama | United States |
| Birney, James Gillespie | United States |
| Birom | Africa |
| Birth of a Nation, The | United States |
| Bisa | Africa |
| Bisharin | Africa |
| Bishop, Maurice | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bissau | Africa |
| Biya, Paul | Africa |
| Black Aesthetic, The | United States |
| Black and White | Europe |
| Black Arts Movement | United States |
| Black Arts Movement: An Interpretation | United States |
| Black Atlantic, The | United States/Latin America and Caribbean |
| Black British and American Literature in the 18th Century | Europe |
| Black Cabinet | United States |
| Black Church, The | United States |
| Black Codes in Latin America | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Black Codes in the United States | Cross-Cultural |
| Black Collectibles | United States |
| Black Consciousness in Africa | Africa |
| Black Consciousness in Brazil | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Black Cowboys | United States |
| Black Entertainment Television | United States |
| Black History Month/Negro History Week | United States |
| Black Jews | United States |
| Black Literature in Brazil | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Black Literature in Spanish America | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Black Manifesto | United States |
| Black Mural Movement, The | United States |
| Black Musicians in Great Britain and the Age of Jazz | Europe |
| Black Orpheus | Africa |
| Black Panther Party for Self-Defense | United States |
| Black Power | Cross-Cultural |
| Black Press in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Black Press in the U.S. | United States |
| Black Studies | United States |
| Black Swan Records | United States |
| Black Theater Alliance | United States |
| Black Theology | United States |
| Black Towns | United States |
| Black Vernacular English | United States |
| Black Women in Brazil: An Interpretation | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Black Women in Colonial Hispanic Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Black Women Writers | United States |
| Black Women Writers in Brazil | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Black Women's Club Movement | United States |
| Black World/Negro Digest | United States |
| Blackness in Latin America and the Caribbean: an Interpretation | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Blacks and Indians in Latin America: an Interpretation | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Blacks in American Film | United States |
| Blacks in Latin America | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Blacks in London: An Interpretation | Europe |
| Blacks in the American Military | United States |
| Blacks in the American West | United States |
| Blacks in the Andes during Colonial Times | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Blacks in the United States Judiciary | United States |
| Blackwell, Unita | United States |
| Blades, Rubén | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Blake, James Hubert "Eubie" | United States |
| Blakey, Art | United States |
| Bland, Bobby "Blue" | United States |
| Blaxploitation Films | United States |
| Bledsoe, Julius C. "Jules" | United States |
| Blue Nile | Africa |
| Blue-eyed African Daisy (Arctotis) | Africa |
| Blues, The | United States |
| Bluford, Guion Stewart, Jr. "Guy" | United States |
| Blyden, Edward Wilmot | United States |
| Boateng, Paul | Europe |
| Bobo | Africa |
| Bobo-Dioulasso | Africa |
| Boganda, Barthélemy | Africa |
| Bogle, Paul | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bokassa, Jean-Bedel | Africa |
| Bokyi | Africa |
| Bola de Nieve | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bola Sete | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bolden, Charles Joseph "Buddy" | United States |
| Bolero | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bolin, Jane Mathilda | United States |
| Bolivar, Simón | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bolivia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bolivia (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Boll Weevil | United States |
| Bond, Horace Mann | United States |
| Bond, Julian | United States |
| Bondei | Africa |
| Bongo | Africa |
| Bongo, Omar | Africa |
| Bonner, Marita | United States |
| Bontemps, Arna | United States |
| Boogie Woogie | United States |
| Book of the Dead | Africa |
| Boomslang Snake | Africa |
| Bop | United States |
| Bophuthatswana | Africa |
| Boran | Africa |
| Borders, William Holmes | United States |
| Bororo | Africa |
| Boston, Massachusetts | United States |
| Botha, Pieter Willem | Africa |
| Botswana | Africa |
| Botswana (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Bouabré, Frédéric Bruly | Africa |
| Boukman | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Boukman Eksperyans | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Boumedienne, Houari | Africa |
| Bourguiba, Habib | Africa |
| Bourne, St. Claire Cecil | United States |
| Boutros-Ghali, Boutros | Africa |
| Boxing | United States |
| Boyer, Jean-Pierre | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Boza | Africa |
| Bradford, Alex | United States |
| Bradley, David Henry, Jr. | United States |
| Bradley, Edward R. | United States |
| Bradley, Thomas "Tom" | United States |
| Braithwaite, William Stanley Beaumont | United States |
| Brathwaite, Edward Kamau | United States |
| Brazil | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Brazil (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Brazilian Portuguese, The Influence of African Languages on | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Brazil's Relationship with Africa: An Interpretation | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Brazzaville | Africa |
| Breakdancing | United States |
| Bridgetower, George Frederick Polgreen | Europe |
| Bridgetown (Barbados) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Briggs, Cyril Valentine | United States |
| Brimmer, Andrew F. | United States |
| Brindis de Salas, Claudio | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Brindis de Salas, Virginia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Brink, Andre PhilippusBrink, Andre Philippus | Africa |
| British Virgin Islands (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Brixton Riots of 1981 | Europe |
| Brodber, Erna | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Brooke, Edward W., III | United States |
| Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth | United States |
| Broonzy, William Lee Conley "Big Bill" | United States |
| Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters | United States |
| Brown Fellowship Society | United States |
| Brown V. Board of Education | United States |
| Brown, Anne Wiggins | United States |
| Brown, Carlinhos | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Brown, Charlotte Hawkins | United States |
| Brown, Claude | United States |
| Brown, Hallie Quinn | United States |
| Brown, Henry "Box" | United States |
| Brown, Hubert G. "H. Rap" | United States |
| Brown, James | United States |
| Brown, Jim | United States |
| Brown, John | United States |
| Brown, Ronald H. | United States |
| Brown, Ruth | United States |
| Brown, Sterling Allen | United States |
| Brown, Tony | United States |
| Brown, Willa | United States |
| Brown, William Wells | United States |
| Brown, Willie Lewis, Jr. | United States |
| Brownsville, Texas Affair | United States |
| Bruce, Blanche Kelso | United States |
| Brutus, Dennis | Africa |
| Buarque de Holanda, Sérgio | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bubi | Africa |
| Buck and Bubbles | United States |
| Budd, Zola | Africa |
| Budjga | Africa |
| Budu | Africa |
| Buffalo Soldiers | United States |
| Buganda | Africa |
| Builsa | Africa |
| Bujumbura | Africa |
| Bulawayo | Africa |
| Bullins, Edward "Ed" | United States |
| Bulu | Africa |
| Bunche, Ralph Johnson | United States |
| Bunu | Africa |
| Bura | Africa |
| Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands | United States |
| Burgos, Julia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite | United States |
| Burkina Faso | Africa |
| Burkina Faso (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Burleigh, Henry Thacker "Harry" | United States |
| Burnham, Linden Forbes Sampson | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Burns, Anthony | United States |
| Burroughs, Nannie Helen | United States |
| Burton, Sir Richard | Africa |
| Burundi | Africa |
| Burundi (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Busa | Africa |
| Busansi | Africa |
| Bush Negro Movement | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Bush, Anita | United States |
| Bushmen | Africa |
| Busia, Kofi A. | Africa |
| Bustamante, Sir Alexander | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Buthelezi, Mangosutho Gatsha | Africa |
| Butler, Octavia Estelle | United States |
| Butler, Uriah | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Butts, Calvin O. III | United States |
| Buyoya, Pierre | Africa |
| Bwiti | Africa |
| Caborra Bassa | Africa |
| Cabral, Amilcar Lopes | Africa |
| Cabral, Luís | Africa |
| Cabral, Manuel del | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cabrera, Lydia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cacheu | Africa |
| Cacos | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cafundó | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Caillie, René | Africa |
| Cairo | Africa |
| Cakewalk, The | United States |
| Caldas Barbosa, Domingos | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Calloway, Cabell "Cab" | United States |
| Calloway, Nathaniel Oglesby | United States |
| Calypso | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Camara, Seni Awa | Africa |
| Cambridge, Godfrey MacArthur | United States |
| Camel | Africa |
| Cameroon | Africa |
| Cameroon (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Cameroon Lions | Africa |
| Campanella, Roy | United States |
| Campbell, Naomi | Europe |
| Campbell, Roy | Africa |
| Campeche, José | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Campos-Pons, María Magadalena | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Camus, Albert | Africa |
| Canada | Other |
| Candomblé | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cape Coloured People | Africa |
| Cape Town | Africa |
| Cape Verde | Africa |
| Cape Verde (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Cape Verde, Ethnicity in | Africa |
| Capecia, Mayotte | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cap-Haïtien | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Capitein, Jacobus Elisa | Europe |
| Capoeira | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Caprivi Strip | Africa |
| Cardiff | Europe |
| Cardozo, Francis Louis | United States |
| Carew, Jan | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Carew, Rod | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Caribana | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Caribbean Community (CARICOM) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Caribbean Literature | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Carmichael, Stokely | United States |
| Carneiro, Edison | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Carnivals and Celebrations in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Carpentier, Alejo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Carpetbaggers | United States |
| Carr, Wynona | United States |
| Carrington, Walter C. | United States |
| Carroll, Diahann | United States |
| Cartagena de Indias | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cartagena Portalatín, Aída | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Carter, Bennett Lester "Benny" | United States |
| Carter, Betty | United States |
| Carter, Martin | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Carthage | Africa |
| Cartola | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Carver, George Washington | United States |
| Cary, Mary Ann Shadd | United States |
| Casablanca | Africa |
| Casely-Hayford, Joseph Ephraim | Africa |
| Castera, Georges | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Castries (St. Lucia) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Castro Alves, Antônio de | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Castro, Fidel | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Catholic Church in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Catlett, Elizabeth | United States |
| Caturla, Alejandro Garcia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cayenne | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cayman Islands | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cayman Islands | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cayman Islands (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Caymmi, Dorival | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cayton, Horace Roscoe, Jr. | United States |
| Cedar | Africa |
| Central African Republic | Africa |
| Central African Republic (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Central America | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Centro de Articulação de Populações Marginalizadas | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Césaire, Aimé | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cetshwayo | Africa |
| Chad | Africa |
| Chad (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Chad, Lake | Africa |
| Chagga | Africa |
| Chamba | Africa |
| Chamberlain, Wilton Norman "Wilt" | United States |
| Chamoiseau, Patrick | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Chaney, James Earl | United States |
| Chapman, Tracy | United States |
| Chari | Africa |
| Charlemagne, Manno | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Charles, Ray | United States |
| Charlotte Amalie (U.S. Virgin Islands) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Chase-Riboud, Barbara Dewayne | United States |
| Chauvet, Marie | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Chavis, Benjamin Franklin, Jr. | United States |
| Chavis, John | United States |
| Checker, Chubby | United States |
| Cheetah | Africa |
| Chemistry | Cross-Cultural |
| Chesnutt, Charles Waddell | United States |
| Chess Records | United States |
| Chewa | Africa |
| Chicago Defender | United States |
| Chicago Riots of 1919 | United States |
| Chicago, Illinois | United States |
| Chico Rei | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Children's Literature, African American | United States |
| Childress, Alice | United States |
| Chile | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Chilembwe, John | Africa |
| Chiluba, Frederick | Africa |
| Chimpanzee | Africa |
| Chimurenga Music | Africa |
| Chirinos, José Leonardo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Chisholm, Shirley | United States |
| Chissano, Joaquim | Africa |
| Chocó and the Pacific Coast of Colombia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Chokossi | Africa |
| Chokwe | Africa |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | United States |
| Christiana Revolt of 1851 | United States |
| Christianity: Independent and Charismatic Churches in Africa | Africa |
| Christianity: Missionaries in Africa | Africa |
| Christophe, Henri | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Chuabo | Africa |
| Church of God in Christ | United States |
| Church, Robert Reed, Jr. | United States |
| Church, Robert Reed, Sr. | United States |
| Cimarrón | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cincinnati, Ohio | United States |
| Cinema Novo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cinque, Joseph | Africa |
| Ciskei | Africa |
| Cisse, Souleymane | Africa |
| Citizenship Schools | United States |
| Civil Rights Congress | United States |
| Civil Rights Movement | United States |
| Civil War, American | United States |
| Clapperton, Hugh | Africa |
| Clark, John Pepper | Africa |
| Clark, Kenneth Bancroft | United States |
| Clark, Septima Poinsette | United States |
| Clarke, Austin C. | Other |
| Clarke, John Henrik | United States |
| Classical Music in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Clay, William Lacy | United States |
| Cleaver, Eldridge Leroy | United States |
| Clement, Rufus Early | United States |
| Clemente, Roberto | United States |
| Cleopatra | Africa |
| Cleopatra: An Interpretation | Africa |
| Cleveland, James Edward | United States |
| Cliff, Jimmy | United States |
| Cliff, Michelle | |
| Climate of Africa | Africa |
| Clinton, George | United States |
| Clothing in Africa | Africa |
| Coasters, The | United States |
| Cobb, Jewell Plummer | United States |
| Cobb, William Montague | United States |
| Cobra | Africa |
| Cocoa | Africa |
| Coetzee, J.M. | Africa |
| Coicou, Massillon | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cole, Nat "King" | United States |
| Coleman, Bessie | United States |
| Coleman, Ornette | United States |
| Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel | United States |
| Colescott, Robert H. | United States |
| Collares, Alceu | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Collectors of African American Books | United States |
| Colobus Monkey | Africa |
| Colombia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Colombia (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Colón, Jesús | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Colón, Willie | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Colonial Critics of Slavery | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Colonial Land and Labor Policies | Africa |
| Colonial Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Colonial Rule | Africa |
| Colonialism in Africa: An Interpretation | Africa |
| Coltrane, John William | United States |
| Combs, Sean "Puffy" | United States |
| Comic Books | United States |
| Comic Strips | United States |
| Commodification of African Art: An Interpretation | Africa |
| Communist Party of the U.S. | United States |
| Comorians | Africa |
| Comoros | Africa |
| Comoros (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Compaore, Blaise | Africa |
| Compas | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Complexities of Ethnic and Racial Terminology in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Compromise of 1850 | United States |
| Conakry | Africa |
| Condé, Maryse | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cone, James Hal | United States |
| Confiant, Raphaël | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Congo | Africa |
| Congo (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Congo River | Africa |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | Africa |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Congo, Francisco | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) | United States |
| Congress, African Americans in | United States |
| Congressional Black Caucus | United States |
| Congresso Afro Brasileiro | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Conspiración de la Escalera | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Constantine, Learie Nicholas | Europe |
| Conte, Lansana | Africa |
| Contemporary African Writers in France | Africa |
| Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Music | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Conwell, Kathleen | United States |
| Conyers, John F. Jr. | United States |
| Cooke, Samuel "Sam" | United States |
| Cooper, Anna Julia Hayward | United States |
| Copperheads | United States |
| Coppin, Frances "Fanny" Jackson | United States |
| Coppolani, Xavier | Africa |
| Cordero, Rafael | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cordero, Roque | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Córdoba, Diego Luis | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Corsairs | Africa |
| Cortez, Jayne | United States |
| Cortijo, Rafael | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cosby, Bill | United States |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Africa |
| Côte D'Ivoire (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Cotonou | Africa |
| Cotton Club | United States |
| Council of Federated Organizations | United States |
| Council on African Affairs | United States |
| Cox, Oliver Cromwell | United States |
| Craft, Ellen and William | United States |
| Creole Affair | United States |
| Creole Languages in the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Creoles | United States |
| Creolité | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Creolization: An Interpretation | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Crisis, The | United States |
| Crite, Allan Rohan | United States |
| Crittenden Compromise | United States |
| Crocodile | Africa |
| Crosswaith, Frank Rudolph | United States |
| Crowther, Samuel Ajayi | Africa |
| Crummell, Alexander | United States |
| Crusades | Africa |
| Cruse, Harold Wright | United States |
| Cruz e Souza, Jõao da | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cruz, Celia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cuba | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cuba (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cudjoe | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cuffe, Paul | United States |
| Cugoano, Ottobah | Europe |
| Cullen, Countee | United States |
| Cultural and Political Organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cumbia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Cuney, Norris Wright | United States |
| Da Costa, Mathieu | Other |
| Dacko, David | Africa |
| Daddah, Moktar Ould | Africa |
| Dafi | Africa |
| Dagari | Africa |
| Dagomba | Africa |
| Dahomey, Kingdom of | Africa |
| Dakar | Africa |
| Damas, León-Gontran | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dan | Africa |
| Dance in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dance in Sub-Saharan Africa | Africa |
| Dance Theater of Harlem | United States |
| Dancehall | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dandridge, Dorothy | United States |
| Danquah, Joseph Kwame Kyeretwi Boakye | Africa |
| Danticat, Edwidge | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dar es Salaam | Africa |
| Darfur | Africa |
| Dash, Julie | United States |
| Date Palm | Africa |
| Davenport, Willie D. | United States |
| Davidson, Olivia America | United States |
| Davidson, William | Europe |
| Dávila, Angela María | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Davis, Angela Yvonne | United States |
| Davis, Anthony | United States |
| Davis, Benjamin O., Jr. | United States |
| Davis, Benjamin O., Sr. | United States |
| Davis, John Henry | United States |
| Davis, Miles Dewey, III | United States |
| Davis, Ossie | United States |
| Davis, Sammy, Jr. | United States |
| Dawson, William Levi | United States |
| De Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan | Africa |
| De Klerk, Frederick W. | Africa |
| De La Soul | United States |
| Deacons for Defense and Justice | United States |
| Deadwood Dick | United States |
| Dèby, Idriss | Africa |
| Décima | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Declaration of Independence | United States |
| Decolonization in Africa: An Interpretation | Africa |
| Dee, Ruby | United States |
| Def Jam Records | United States |
| Deforo | Africa |
| Delaney, Beauford | United States |
| Delaney, Joseph | United States |
| Delany, Martin Robison | United States |
| Delany, Samuel R. | United States |
| DeLavallade, Carmen | United States |
| Delgrès, Louis | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dellums, Ronald V. "Ron" | United States |
| Democratic Party | United States |
| Dendi | Africa |
| Denmark Vesey Conspiracy | United States |
| Dentistry | United States |
| Depestre, René | Latin America/Caribbean |
| DePriest, Oscar Stanton | United States |
| Dessalines, Jean Jacques | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Detroit Riot of 1943 | United States |
| Detroit Riot of 1967 | United States |
| Detroit, Michigan | United States |
| Development and Local Participation in Africa: An Interpretation | Africa |
| Development in Africa | Africa |
| Diagne, Blaise | Africa |
| Dialect Poetry | United States |
| Dias, Henrique | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dib, Mohammed | Africa |
| Dickerson, Earl Burris | United States |
| Dida | Africa |
| Diddley, Bo | United States |
| Diegues, Carlos | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Digo | Africa |
| Dill, Augustus Granville | United States |
| Dingane | Africa |
| Dinka | Africa |
| Dinkins, David Norman | United States |
| Diola | Africa |
| Diop, Alioune | Africa |
| Diori, Hamani | Africa |
| Diouf, Abdou | Africa |
| Dir | Africa |
| Diseases, Infectious | Africa |
| Divine, Father | United States |
| Dixon, Graciela | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dixon, Willie | United States |
| Djavan | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Djebar, Assia | Africa |
| Djenné | Africa |
| Djenné-Jeno | Africa |
| Djibouti | Africa |
| Djibouti (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Djibouti City | Africa |
| Dobbs, Mattiwilda | United States |
| Doby, Lawrence Eugene "Larry" | United States |
| Doe, Samuel Kanyon | Africa |
| Dogon | Africa |
| Domingo, Wilfred Adolphus | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dominica | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dominica (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dominican Republic | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dominican Republic (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dominican-Haitian Relations | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Domino, Antoine, Jr., "Fats" | United States |
| Donatism | Africa |
| Donga | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dorsey, Thomas Andrew | United States |
| Dos Santos, Jose Edouardo | Africa |
| Douala | Africa |
| Douala Manga Bell, Rudolph | Africa |
| Douglas, Aaron | United States |
| Douglass, Frederick | United States |
| Douglass, Sarah Mapps | United States |
| Dove, Rita | United States |
| Dozens, The | United States |
| Drake, St. Clair | United States |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | United States |
| Drew, Charles Richard | United States |
| Drifters, The | United States |
| Driskell, David | United States |
| D'Rivera, Paquito | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Drought and Desertification | Africa |
| Du Bois, Shirley Graham | United States |
| Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt | United States |
| Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Pointe | United States |
| Duala | Africa |
| Dub | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dub Poetry | Other |
| Dube, John Langalibalele | Africa |
| Duiker | Africa |
| Dumas, Alexandre, Père | Europe |
| Dunbar, Paul Laurence | United States |
| Dunbar-Nelson, Alice | United States |
| Duncan, Quince | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dunham, Katherine | United States |
| Durán, Alejo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Durand, Oswald | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Durban | Africa |
| Durham Manifesto | United States |
| Durham, North Carolina | United States |
| Duruma | Africa |
| Dusé Mohammed Ali | Africa |
| Dutch West India Company | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Duvalier, Francois | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Duvalier, Jean Claude | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Dyani, Johnny Mbizo | Africa |
| Dyer Bill | United States |
| Dyula | Africa |