| N.W.A. (Niggas with Attitude) | United States |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | United States |
| Nabrit, James Madison | United States |
| Nabuco, Joaquim | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Nachtigal, Gustav | Africa |
| Nagot | Africa |
| Naguib, Muhammad | Africa |
| Naipaul, V. S. | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Nairobi | Africa |
| Nalu | Africa |
| Nama | Africa |
| Namib Desert | Africa |
| Namibia | Africa |
| Namibia (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Nandi | Africa |
| Nascimento, Milton | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Nash, Diane Bevel | United States |
| Nassau (Bahamas) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Nasser, Gamal Abdel | Africa |
| Nat Turner's Rebellion | United States |
| Natal Colony | Africa |
| Natera, Ramón | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Nation of Islam | United States |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | United States |
| National Association of Black Journalists | United States |
| National Association of Colored Women | United States |
| National Council of Negro Women | United States |
| National Federation of Afro-American Women | United States |
| National League for the Protection of Colored Women | United States |
| National Negro Labor Council | United States |
| National Party | Africa |
| National Resistance Movement/Army (NRM/A) | Africa |
| National Socialist Sterilization Policies in Germany | Europe |
| National Urban League | United States |
| National Welfare Rights Organization | United States |
| Nationalism in Africa | Africa |
| Nationalist Movements and Blacks in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Naude, Beyers | Africa |
| Naudeba | Africa |
| Navarro, Theodore "Fats" | United States |
| Naylor, Gloria | United States |
| Ndau | Africa |
| Ndebele | Africa |
| N'Djamena | Africa |
| Ndowe | Africa |
| Neal, Larry | United States |
| Nefertiti | Africa |
| Negrista Poets | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Négritude | Cross-Cultural |
| Negro American Labor Council | United States |
| Negro Ensemble Company | United States |
| Negro Leagues | United States |
| Negro National Anthem | United States |
| Nehanda | Africa |
| Nell, William Cooper | United States |
| Netherlands Antilles | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Netherlands Antilles (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Netherlands, The | Europe |
| Neto, Agostino | Africa |
| New Deal | United States |
| New Orleans Riot of 1900 | United States |
| New Orleans, Louisiana | United States |
| New York African Society for Mutual Relief | United States |
| New York City Draft Riot of 1863 | United States |
| New York City, New York | United States |
| New York Manumission Society | United States |
| New York Slave Conspiracy of 1741 | United States |
| New York Slave Rebellion of 1712 | United States |
| Newark, New Jersey | United States |
| Newspapers in Africa | Africa |
| Newton, Huey P. | United States |
| Ngala | Africa |
| Ngandu | Africa |
| Ngbandi | Africa |
| Ngindo | Africa |
| Ngombe | Africa |
| Ngonde | Africa |
| Ngoni | Africa |
| Ngouabi, Marien | Africa |
| Nguema, Macias | Africa |
| Ngugi wa Thiong'o | Africa |
| Nguni | Africa |
| Nguru | Africa |
| Ngwato | Africa |
| Niagara Movement | United States |
| Niamey | Africa |
| Nicholas Brothers | United States |
| Niger | Africa |
| Niger (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Niger River | Africa |
| Niger, Paul | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Nigeria (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Nigeria, Federal Republic of | Africa |
| Nigerian Super Eagles | Africa |
| Nikki | Africa |
| Nile | Africa |
| Nimeiri, Jafar Muhammad al- | Africa |
| Nina Rodrigues, Raimundo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Nixon, Edgar Daniel | United States |
| Nkomo, Joshua | Africa |
| Nkrumah, Kwame Francis N.K. | Africa |
| Nkumbula, Harry Mwaanga | Africa |
| Nobel Prize | Cross-Cultural |
| Noble Drew Ali | United States |
| Nok | Africa |
| Noone, Jimmie | United States |
| Norman, Jessye | United States |
| North African Music | Africa |
| North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company | United States |
| Northern Cape | Africa |
| Northern Province | Africa |
| Northrup, Solomon | United States |
| North-West Province | Africa |
| Norton, Eleanor Holmes | United States |
| Nossa Senhora Aparecida | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Nossa Senhora do Rosário | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Notorious B.I.G. "Biggie Smalls" | United States |
| Notting Hill Carnival | Europe |
| Nottingham and Notting Hill Riots, 1958 | Europe |
| Nouakchott | Africa |
| Ntare II | Africa |
| Nuba | Africa |
| Nubians | Africa |
| Nuer | Africa |
| Nuestra Raza | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Nugent, Richard Bruce | United States |
| Nujoma, Samuel Shafilshuna | Africa |
| Numbers Games | United States |
| Nunuma | Africa |
| Nupe | Africa |
| Nwapa, Flora | Africa |
| Nyabinghi | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Nyakyusa | Africa |
| Nyame, E.K. | Africa |
| Nyamwezi | Africa |
| Nyanja | Africa |
| Nyankore | Africa |
| Nyasa | Africa |
| Nyerere, Julius Kambarage | Africa |
| Nyika | Africa |
| Nyoro | Africa |
| Nzima | Africa |
| O.K. Jazz | Africa |
| Obá | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Obaluaiyé | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Obasanjo, Olusegun | Africa |
| Obeah | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Obeso, Candelario | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Obey, Ebenezer | Africa |
| Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Teodoro | Africa |
| Obote, Milton | Africa |
| Odinga, Oginga | Africa |
| Ogaden | Africa |
| Ogaden (People) | Africa |
| Ogot, Grace | Africa |
| Ogum | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Okebu | Africa |
| Okigbo, Christopher | Africa |
| Okri, Ben | Africa |
| Olajuwon, Hakeem | Africa |
| O'Leary, Hazel Rollins | United States |
| Olive | Africa |
| Oliveira, Zaíra de | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Oliver, Joseph "King" | United States |
| Olodum | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Olorun | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Ometo | Africa |
| Omotoso, Kole | Africa |
| Oncho (River Blindness) | Africa |
| O'Neal, Shaquille | United States |
| Opera | Cross-Cultural |
| Operation Breadbasket | United States |
| Operation PUSH | United States |
| Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life | United States |
| Organization of African Unity (OAU) | Africa |
| Origins of African Americans: An Interpretation | United States |
| Orishas | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Oromo | Africa |
| Oron | Africa |
| Ortíz, Adalberto | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Ortiz, Fernando | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Orungu | Africa |
| Ory, Edward "Kid" | United States |
| Osei Bonsu | Africa |
| Osei Tutu | Africa |
| Osiris | Africa |
| Ossie, Count | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Ostrich | Africa |
| Otelo, Grande | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Ouagadougou | Africa |
| Oubangui | Africa |
| Ouedraogo, Idrissa | Africa |
| Ousmane, Mahamane | Africa |
| Ovambo | Africa |
| Ovimbundu | Africa |
| Owen, Chandler | United States |
| Owens, James Cleveland "Jesse" | United States |
| Oxalá | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Oxóssi | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Oxum | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Oxumaré | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Oyo | Africa |
| Pace, Harry Hubert | United States |
| Pacheco, Johnny | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Padmore, George | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Paige, Leroy Robert "Satchel" | United States |
| Palacios, Arnoldo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Palenque de San Basilio | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Palm | Africa |
| Palma Sola | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Palmares: An African State in Brazil | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Palos Matos, Luis | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pan African Congress | Africa |
| Pan-Africanism | Cross-Cultural |
| Pan-Africanism and Afro-Latin Americans | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pan-Africanist Congress | Cross-Cultural |
| Panama | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Panama (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Panama City (Panama) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pande | Africa |
| Pandeiro, Jackson do | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pantoja, Antonia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Papyrus | Africa |
| Paraguay | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Paramaribo (Suriname) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pare | Africa |
| Paris-Dakar Rally | Africa |
| Parker, Charles Christopher "Bird" | United States |
| Parks, Gordon, Jr. | United States |
| Parks, Gordon, Sr. | United States |
| Parks, Rosa Louise McCauley | United States |
| Parsons, Lucy | United States |
| Partido Independiente de Color | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pascal-Trouillot, Ertha | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pass Laws | Africa |
| Pastoralism | Africa |
| Patasse, Ange-Felix | Africa |
| Pate Island | Africa |
| Paton, Alan | Africa |
| Patrocínio, José Carlos do | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Patterson, Floyd | United States |
| Patterson, William | United States |
| Patton, Charley | United States |
| Payne, Daniel Alexander | United States |
| p'Bitek, Okot | Africa |
| Pedi | Africa |
| Pedroso, Regino | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pelé | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pemba | Africa |
| Peña Gómez, José Francisco | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pentecostalism | United States |
| Péralte, Charlemagne Masséna | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pereira, Aristides Maria | Africa |
| Pérez Prado, Damaso | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pérez, Danilo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Perry, Ruth | Africa |
| Persian Gulf War | Cross-Cultural |
| Peru | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Peru (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Peterson, Oscar Emmanuel | Other |
| Pétion, Alexander | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Petionville | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Petry, Ann Lane | United States |
| Pettiford, Oscar | United States |
| Phal, Louis | Africa |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | United States |
| Philip, Marlene Nourbese | Other |
| Phillips, Trevor | Europe |
| Photography | Cross-Cultural |
| Photography, African | Africa |
| Photography, African American | United States |
| Pickett, Bill | United States |
| Pickett, Wilson | United States |
| Pietri, Pedro | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart | United States |
| Pindling, Lynden | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pippen, Scottie | United States |
| Pippin, Horace | United States |
| Pires, Pedro Verona Rodrigues | Africa |
| Pitt, David | Europe |
| Pitta, Celso | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pittsburgh Courier | United States |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | United States |
| Pixinguinha | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho | Africa |
| Plato, Ann | United States |
| Platters, The | United States |
| Player, Gary | Africa |
| Pleasant, Mary Ellen "Mammy" | United States |
| Plena and Bomba | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | United States |
| Plymouth (Montserrat) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pogoro | Africa |
| Pointe-à-Pitre | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pointer Sisters, The | United States |
| Poitier, Sidney | United States |
| Pokot | Africa |
| Polisario | Africa |
| Political Parties and Black Social Movements in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Polk, Prentice Herman | United States |
| Pollard, Frederick Douglass "Fritz" | United States |
| Poor People's Washington Campaign | United States |
| Population Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa | Africa |
| Porres, San Martín de | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Port Louis | Africa |
| Port Royal Experiment | United States |
| Port Sudan | Africa |
| Port-au-Prince | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Porter, James Amos | United States |
| Porto Novo | Africa |
| Port-of-Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Portugal | Europe |
| Poujol-Oriol, Paulette | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Poussaint, Alvin Francis | United States |
| Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. | United States |
| Powell, Adam Clayton, Sr. | United States |
| Powell, Colin Luther | United States |
| Powell, Earl "Bud" | United States |
| Pozo y González, Luciano "Chano" | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Preciado Bedoya, Antonio | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Prester John | Africa |
| Pretoria | Africa |
| Pretorius, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus | Africa |
| Price, Florence Beatrice Smith | United States |
| Price, Hugh | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Price-Mars, Jean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Pride, Charley Frank | United States |
| Prieto, Luis | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Primus, Pearl | United States |
| Prince | United States |
| Prince Louis Rwagasore | Africa |
| Prince, Lucy Terry | United States |
| Prince, Mary | Europe |
| Prince, Nancy Gardner | United States |
| Proctor, Henry Hugh | United States |
| Professor Longhair | United States |
| Projeto Axé | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Prophet, Nancy Elizabeth | United States |
| Protestant Church in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Protten, Christian Jacob | Africa |
| Pryor, Richard Franklin Lenox Thomas | United States |
| Public Enemy | United States |
| Puello, José Joaquín | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Puente, Ernesto Antonio "Tito" | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Puerto Rico | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Puerto Rico (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Punishment of Slaves in Colonial Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Punt | Africa |
| Pushkin, Alexander | Europe |
| Pygmy | Africa |
| Qadhafi, Mu'ammar al- | Africa |
| Quarles, Benjamin | United States |
| Queen Latifah | United States |
| Queen of Sheba | Africa |
| Querino, Manoel Raimundo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Quilombhoje | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Quilts, African American | United States |
| Quinn, William Paul | United States |
| Quirot, Ana Fidelia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Rabeh | Africa |
| Race and Class in Brazil | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Race and Land Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Race and the American Presidency | United States |
| Race in Latin America | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Racial Question during Struggles of Independence in Latin America | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Racial Stereotypes | United States |
| Radama I | Africa |
| Radama II | Africa |
| Radio, African | Africa |
| Ragtime | United States |
| Rainey, Gertrude Pridgett "Ma" | United States |
| Rainilàiarivòny | Africa |
| Ramgoolam, Seewoosagur | Africa |
| Ramos Antonini, Ernesto | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Ramos, Arthur | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Ramses III | Africa |
| Ranavalona, Queen Mada | Africa |
| Randall, Dudley Felker | United States |
| Randolph, Asa Philip | United States |
| Rangel, Charles Bernard | United States |
| Rangi | Africa |
| Rap | United States |
| Ras Dashen | Africa |
| Rassemblement Democratique Africaine (RDA) | Africa |
| Rastafarians | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Ratsiraka, Didier | Africa |
| Rawlings, Jerry | Africa |
| Rawls, Louis Allen "Lou" | United States |
| Razaf, Andy | United States |
| Rebouças, André | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Reconstruction | United States |
| Redding, Jay Saunders | United States |
| Redding, Otis | United States |
| Redemption | United States |
| Reed, Ishmael | United States |
| Reggae | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Regla de Palo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Reid, Ira De A. | United States |
| Reid, V.S. | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Remond, Charles Lenox | United States |
| Remond, Sarah Parker | United States |
| Renamo | Africa |
| Rene, Albert | Africa |
| Reparations | United States |
| Representations of Afro-Diasporan Religions in Cinema | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Republic of New Africa | United States |
| Republican Party | United States |
| Research on Afro-Latin America | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Reshewa | Africa |
| Rethinking Maroon Communities in Brazil: An Interpretation | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Réunion | Africa |
| Revels, Hiram Rhoades | United States |
| Reverend Ike | United States |
| Revolutionary Action Movement | United States |
| Rhinoceros | Africa |
| Rhodes, Cecil | Africa |
| Rhys, Jean | United States |
| Rhythm and Blues | United States |
| Ribat | Africa |
| Richards, Lloyd George | United States |
| Richardson, Gloria St. Clair Hayes | United States |
| Richmond, Virginia | United States |
| Rif Republic | Africa |
| Rift Valleys | Africa |
| Riggs, Marlon Troy | United States |
| Rillieux, Norbert | United States |
| Ringgold, Faith | United States |
| Rio de Janeiro | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Riots in Great Britain, 1985 | Europe |
| Rites of Passage and Transition | Africa |
| Rivera, Ismael | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Rivera, Louis Reyes | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Roach, Maxwell Lemuel "Max" | United States |
| Road Town (British Virgin Islands) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Robben Island | Africa |
| Roberts, Charles Luckeyeth "Luckey" | United States |
| Robeson, Eslanda Cardozo Goode | United States |
| Robeson, Paul | United States |
| Robinson, Bill "Bojangles" | United States |
| Robinson, Jackie | United States |
| Robinson, JoAnn Gibson | United States |
| Robinson, Ruby Doris Smith | United States |
| Robinson, Sugar Ray | United States |
| Robinson, William "Smokey" | United States |
| Rock Art, African | Africa |
| Rock, John Sweat | United States |
| Rocksteady | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Rodeo | United States |
| Rodney, Walter | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Rodríguez, Arsenio | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Rodríguez, Evangelina | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Rogers, Joel Augustus | United States |
| Rolando, Gloria | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Roldán, Amadeo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Rollins, Sonny | United States |
| Roman Africa: An Interpretation | Africa |
| Ronga | Africa |
| Roseau (Dominica) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Rosewood Case | United States |
| Ross, Diana | United States |
| Ross-Barnett, Marguerite | United States |
| Rouche, Jean | Europe |
| Roumain, Jacques | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Rowan, Carl Thomas | United States |
| Rudd, Daniel A. | United States |
| Rudolph, Wilma Glodean | United States |
| Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre | United States |
| Rufiji | Africa |
| Ruggles, David | United States |
| Rumba | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Run DMC | United States |
| Rundi | Africa |
| RuPaul | United States |
| Rushing, Jimmy | United States |
| Russell, Nipsey | United States |
| Russell, William Fenton "Bill" | United States |
| Russia and the Former Soviet Union | Europe |
| Russwurm, John Brown | United States |
| Rustin, Bayard | United States |
| Rwanda | Africa |
| Rwanda (People) | Africa |
| Rwanda (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Saar, Betye Irene | United States |
| Sab | Africa |
| Saco, José Antonio | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Sadama | Africa |
| Sadat, Anwar al- | Africa |
| Sade | Europe |
| Safari Rally | Africa |
| Safwa | Africa |
| Sahara Desert | Africa |
| Saharawi | Africa |
| Sahel | Africa |
| Said, Seyyid ibn Sultan | Africa |
| Saint Benedict of Palermo | Europe |
| Saint Louis, Senegal | Africa |
| Saint-Georges, Chevalier de | Europe |
| Sakalava | Africa |
| Saldaña, Excilia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Saldanha, José de Natividades | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Salem, Peter | United States |
| Salomon, Lysius Felicite | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Salsa Music | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Salt 'n' Pepa | United States |
| Salt Trade | Africa |
| Sam and Dave | United States |
| Samb, Issa | Africa |
| Samba | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Samba Schools | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Samba, Candomblé, and Quilombo in Brazilian Cinema: An Interpretation | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Samba, Chéri | Africa |
| Samba, Martin-Paul | Africa |
| Samburu | Africa |
| Samo | Africa |
| Samory Toure | Africa |
| San | Africa |
| San Francisco and Oakland, California | United States |
| San Juan (Puerto Rico) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Sánchez, Francisco del Rosario | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Sánchez, Luis Rafael | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Sanchez, Sonia | United States |
| Sancho, Ignatius | Europe |
| Sandawe | Africa |
| Sandoval, Arturo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Sangare, Oumou | Africa |
| Sankara, Thomas | Africa |
| Santa Cruz, Nicomedes | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Santamaría, Ramón "Mongo" | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Santería | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Santo Domingo (Dominican Repbulic) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Santo Domingo, Teresa Juliana de | Europe |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Africa |
| Sao Tome and Principe (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Sara | Africa |
| Sarbah, John Mensah | Africa |
| Saro-Wiwa, Ken | Africa |
| Sasala | Africa |
| Sassou-Nguesso, Denis | Africa |
| Savage, Augusta Christine Fells | United States |
| Savimbi, Jonas | Africa |
| Savoy Ballroom | United States |
| Schoelcher, Victor | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Schomburg Library | United States |
| Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso | United States |
| Schreiner, Olive | Africa |
| Schuyler, George S. | United States |
| Schuyler, Phillipa Duke | United States |
| Schwartz-Bart, Simone | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Science, Chico | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Scott, Emmett J. | United States |
| Scott, Hazel | United States |
| Scottsboro Case | United States |
| Scramble for Africa | Africa |
| Scurlock, Addison | United States |
| Seacole, Mary | Europe |
| Seale, Bobby | United States |
| Seattle, Washington | United States |
| Sebei | Africa |
| Secretary Bird | Africa |
| Segogela, Johannes | Africa |
| Sekukuni | Africa |
| Selvon, Samuel | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Sembene, Ousmane | Africa |
| Seminole Wars | United States |
| Sena | Africa |
| Senegal | Africa |
| Senegal (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Senegal River | Africa |
| Senga | Africa |
| Senghor, Léopold Sédar | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Sengstacke, Robert Abbott | United States |
| Senufo | Africa |
| Serengeti National Park | Africa |
| Serer | Africa |
| Seretse Khama | Africa |
| Serra y Montalvo, Rafael | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Serval | Africa |
| Seven-Seven, Twins | Africa |
| Seychelles | Africa |
| Seychelles (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Seymour, William Joseph | United States |
| Shaka Zulu | Africa |
| Shakur, Assata | United States |
| Shakur, Tupac | United States |
| Shambaa | Africa |
| Shangaan | Africa |
| Shange, Ntozake | United States |
| Shango | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Shape and Shaping of Caribbean Cinema | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Sharif, Omar | Africa |
| Sharp, Granville | Europe |
| Sharpeville | Africa |
| Sharpton, Alfred, Jr. | United States |
| Shashi | Africa |
| Sheldon, May French | Africa |
| Shell, Arthur | United States |
| Sherbro | Africa |
| Sherrod, Charles | United States |
| Shilluk | Africa |
| Shirazi | Africa |
| Shona | Africa |
| Shope | Africa |
| Short, Bobby | United States |
| Shuttlesworth, Fred L. | United States |
| Shuwa | Africa |
| Sia | Africa |
| Siad Barre, Mohammed | Africa |
| Sickle Cell Disease | United States |
| Sierra Leone | Africa |
| Sierra Leone (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Sihanaka | Africa |
| Silva, Benedita da | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Silva, Xica da | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Silvera, Makeda | Other |
| Simkins, Mary Modjeska Monteith | United States |
| Simone, Nina | United States |
| Simpson, O.J. | United States |
| Singleton, Arthur James "Zutty" | United States |
| Singleton, Benjamin "Pap" | United States |
| Sissle, Noble | United States |
| Sisulu, Walter | Africa |
| Sit-Ins | United States |
| Sixteenth St. Baptist Church (Birmingham, AL) | United States |
| Ska | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Slave Laws in Colonial Spanish America | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Slave Narratives | United States |
| Slave Rebellions in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Slave Religion | United States |
| Slavery in Africa | Africa |
| Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Slavery in the United States | United States |
| Sleet, Moneta J., Jr. | United States |
| Slovo, Joe | Africa |
| Sly and the Family Stone | United States |
| Smalls, Robert | United States |
| Smith, Ada "Bricktop" | United States |
| Smith, Albert Alexander | United States |
| Smith, Anna Deveare | United States |
| Smith, Bessie | United States |
| Smith, Clara | United States |
| Smith, Clarence "Pine Top" | United States |
| Smith, Ian Douglas | Africa |
| Smith, Mamie | United States |
| Smith, Marvin Pentz, and Smith, Morgan Sparks | United States |
| Smith, William Gardner | United States |
| Smith, Willie "the Lion" | United States |
| Smith, Willie Mae Ford | United States |
| Snoop Doggy Dogg | United States |
| Sobhuza II | Africa |
| Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso | Africa |
| Soca | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Soccer in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Social Gospel | United States |
| Socialism | United States |
| Société des Amis des Noirs | Europe |
| Soga | Africa |
| Soglo, Nicephore | Africa |
| Sojo, Juan Pablo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Sokoto Caliphate | Africa |
| Solomon, Job ben | Europe |
| Somali | Africa |
| Somali Songs and Poetry | Africa |
| Somalia | Africa |
| Somalia (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Somba | Africa |
| Son | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Songhai | Africa |
| Songhai (People) | Africa |
| Songye | Africa |
| Soninke | Africa |
| Sony Labou Tansi | Africa |
| Sophiatown | Africa |
| Soriano, Florinda Munoz (Mamá Tingó) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Sosa, Domingo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Soso | Africa |
| Sotho | Africa |
| Soul Music | United States |
| Soul Stirrers | United States |
| Soul Train | United States |
| South Africa | Africa |
| South Africa (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| South African Communist Party | Africa |
| South African Tsetse Fly | Africa |
| Southern African Development Community (SADC) | Africa |
| Southern Christian Leadership Conference | United States |
| Southern Negro Youth Congress | United States |
| Sowande, Fela | Africa |
| Soweto | Africa |
| Soyinka, Wole | Africa |
| Spain | Europe |
| Spanish-Cuban-American War | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Spanish-Cuban-American War, African Americans in | United States |
| Spasm Bands | United States |
| Spaulding, Charles Clinton | United States |
| Speke, John Hanning | Africa |
| Spelman College | United States |
| Spencer, Anne | United States |
| Spider | Africa |
| Spinks, Leon | United States |
| Spirituals, African American | United States |
| Spivey, Victoria Regina | United States |
| St. Augustine | Africa |
| St. Denis | Africa |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | Latin America/Caribbean |
| St. Kitts and Nevis (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| St. Lucia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| St. Lucia (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| St. Maurice | Europe |
| St. Vincent and Grenadines | Latin America/Caribbean |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| St. Welette Petros | Africa |
| Stanley, Henry Morton | Africa |
| Staple Singers | United States |
| Stax Records | United States |
| Stevens, Siaka | Africa |
| Stevenson, Teófilo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Steward, Theophilus Gould | United States |
| Stewart, Maria Miller | United States |
| Still, William | United States |
| Still, William Grant | United States |
| Stokes, Carl Burton | United States |
| Stono Rebellion | United States |
| Strayhorn, Billy | United States |
| Street Children in Brazil | Africa |
| Structural Adjustment in Africa | Africa |
| Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) | United States |
| Suárez y Romero, Anselmo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Suburbanization | United States |
| Sudan | Africa |
| Sudan (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Suez Canal | Africa |
| Sufism | Africa |
| Sugar | Cross-Cultural |
| Sugarhill Gang | United States |
| Sukuma | Africa |
| Sullivan, Leon Howard | United States |
| Sumbwa | Africa |
| Sun Ra | United States |
| Sundi | Africa |
| Sundiata Keita | Africa |
| Sunni Ali | Africa |
| Supremes, The | United States |
| Suriname | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Suriname (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Sutton, Percy Ellis | United States |
| Suzman, Helen | Africa |
| Swahili Coast | Africa |
| Swahili People | Africa |
| SWAPO | Africa |
| Swazi | Africa |
| Swaziland | Africa |
| Swaziland (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Sweatt v. Painter | United States |
| Sweet Honey in the Rock | United States |
| Swoopes, Sheryl | United States |
| Sylvain, Georges | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Tabwa | Africa |
| Tafawa Balewa, Abubakar | Africa |
| Taita | Africa |
| Talensi | Africa |
| Tama | Africa |
| Tambo, Oliver | Africa |
| Tampa Red | United States |
| Tanala | Africa |
| Tangale | Africa |
| Tanganyika, Lake | Africa |
| Tangier | Africa |
| Tango | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Tanner, Benjamin Tucker | United States |
| Tanner, Henry Ossawa | United States |
| Tanzania | Africa |
| Tanzania (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Tap Dance | United States |
| Tatum, Art | United States |
| Taya, Maouya Ould Sidi Ahmed | Africa |
| Taylor, Charles | Africa |
| Taylor, Gardner Calvin | United States |
| Taylor, Koko | United States |
| Taylor, Susie Baker King | United States |
| Tayyib, Salih al- | Africa |
| Tazarawa | Africa |
| Teatro Experimental do Negro | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Téké | Africa |
| Television and African Americans | United States |
| Temne | Africa |
| Temptations, The | United States |
| Ten Years War | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Terrell, Mary Eliza Church | United States |
| Tetela | Africa |
| Texeira e Souza, Antonio Gonçalves | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Tharaka | Africa |
| Tharpe, "Sister" Rosetta | United States |
| Theater, African | Africa |
| Theatre in the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Thebes | Africa |
| Theiler, Max | Africa |
| Third Cinema | Cross-Cultural |
| Thirteenth Amendment and Emancipation Proclamation | United States |
| Thomas, Clarence | United States |
| Thomas, Franklin Augustine | United States |
| Thomas, Isiah | United States |
| Thomas, Piri | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Thompson, Casildo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Thompson, Louise | United States |
| Thornton, Big Mama | United States |
| Thoroughbred Racing | United States |
| Thrash, Dox | United States |
| Thuku, Harry | Africa |
| Thurman, Howard | United States |
| Thurman, Wallace | United States |
| Tigre | Africa |
| Tigrinya | Africa |
| Tikar | Africa |
| Tilapia | Africa |
| Till, Emmett Louis | United States |
| Timbuctu | Africa |
| Tindley, Charles Albert | United States |
| Tinne, Alexandrine Pieternella Francoise | Africa |
| Tippu Tip | Africa |
| Tiv | Africa |
| Tlali, Miriam | Africa |
| Tlemcen | Africa |
| Tobias, Channing Heggie | United States |
| Togo | Africa |
| Togo (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Toiva ya Toiva, Andimba | Africa |
| Tolbert, William | Africa |
| Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus | United States |
| Tolton, Augustus | United States |
| Tombalbaye, François | Africa |
| Tonga | Africa |
| Tonton Macoutes | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Toomer, Jean | United States |
| Toposa | Africa |
| Toro | Africa |
| Tosh, Peter | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Totó la Momposina | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Toubou | Africa |
| Touré, Ahmad Sékou | Africa |
| Tourism in Africa | Africa |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Toussaint, Pierre | United States |
| Toussaint-Louverture, François | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Toxi | Europe |
| Track and Field | Cross-Cultural |
| Traditional Healing in Latin America and the Caribbean | Latin America/Caribbean |
| TransAfrica | United States |
| Transatlantic Nation, The | Cross-Cultural |
| Transatlantic Slave Trade | Cross-Cultural |
| Transculturation, Mestizaje, and the Cosmic Race: An Interpretation | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Transition | Africa |
| Transkei | Africa |
| TransSaharan and Red Sea Slave Trade | Africa |
| Transvaal | Africa |
| Traore, Moussa | Africa |
| Tribe Called Quest, A | United States |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Trinidad and Tobago (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Trinidade, Solano | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Tripoli | Africa |
| Tropicália | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Tropicana Nightclub | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Tropiques | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Trujillo, Rafael | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Truque, Carlos Arturo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Truth and Reconciliation Commission, The | Africa |
| Truth, Sojourner | United States |
| Tshombe, Moise Kapenda | Africa |
| Tsimihety | Africa |
| Tsiranana, Philbert | Africa |
| Tsonga | Africa |
| Tswana | Africa |
| Tuareg | Africa |
| Tubby, King | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Tubman, Harriet Ross | United States |
| Tubman, William Vacanarat Shadrach | Africa |
| Tugen | Africa |
| Tukulor | Africa |
| Tulsa Riot of 1921 | United States |
| Tumbuka | Africa |
| Tunis | Africa |
| Tunisia | Africa |
| Tunisia (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Tunjur | Africa |
| Tupur | Africa |
| Turkana | Africa |
| Turks and Caicos (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Turner, Henry McNeal | United States |
| Turner, Lorenzo Dow | United States |
| Turner, Nat | United States |
| Turner, Tina | United States |
| Turu | Africa |
| Tuskegee Civic Association | United States |
| Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment | United States |
| Tuskegee University | United States |
| Tutu, Desmond Mpilo | Africa |
| Tutuola, Amos | Africa |
| Twa | Africa |
| Twilight, Alexander Lucius | United States |
| Tyson, Cicely | United States |
| Tyson, Mike | United States |
| Tyus, Wyomia | United States |
| U.S. Virgin Islands (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Uganda | Africa |
| Uganda (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Umbanda | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Umm Kulthuum | Africa |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | United States |
| Underground Railroad | United States |
| UNESCO Race Relations Project | Latin America/Caribbean |
| UNITA | Africa |
| United Nations in Africa | Africa |
| United Negro College Fund | United States |
| Universal Negro Improvement Association | United States |
| Urbanism and Urbanization | Africa |
| Urbano Gilbert, Gregorio | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Uruguay | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Usman dan Fodio | Africa |
| Vai | Africa |
| Valdés, Gabriel de la Concepción "Plácido" | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Valdés, Jesús "Chucho" | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Valdés, José Manuel | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Valdés, Merceditas | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Vallenato | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Valley of the Kings | Africa |
| Van der Post, Sir Laurens | Africa |
| Van Der Zee, James Augustus | United States |
| Van Peebles, Melvin | United States |
| Van Riebeeck, Jan | Africa |
| Varick, James | United States |
| Vasconcelos, Naná | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Vaughan, Sarah | United States |
| Vee Jay Records | United States |
| Vega, Ana Lydia | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Venda | Africa |
| Venezuela | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Venezuela (Ready Reference) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Venezuelan Religion, African Elements in | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Ventura, Johnny | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Veracruz (Mexico) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Verger, Pierre | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Verwoerd, Hendrick | Africa |
| Victoria | Africa |
| Victoria Falls | Africa |
| Vieira, João Bernardo | Africa |
| Vietnam War | United States |
| Vieyra, Paulin | Africa |
| Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Viper | Africa |
| Virgin Islands (U.S. and British) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Vodou | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Vorster, Balthazar Johannes | Africa |
| Voter Education Project | United States |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | United States |
| Vulture | Africa |
| W.E.B. Du Bois: An Interpretation | United States |
| Wala | Africa |
| Walcott, Derek Alton | United States |
| Walcott, Jersey Joe | United States |
| Walker, Aaron "T-Bone" | United States |
| Walker, Aida Overton | United States |
| Walker, A'Lelia | United States |
| Walker, Alice | United States |
| Walker, David | United States |
| Walker, Kara | United States |
| Walker, Madam C.J. | United States |
| Walker, Maggie Lena | United States |
| Walker, Margaret | United States |
| Walker, Wyatt Tee | United States |
| Wall of Respect, The | United States |
| Walla | Africa |
| Wallace, Sippie | United States |
| Waller, Odell | United States |
| Waller, Thomas Wright "Fats" | United States |
| Walrond, Eric Derwent | United States |
| Walters, Alexander | United States |
| Walvis Bay | Africa |
| Wanga | Africa |
| War of 1812 | United States |
| Warfare in Africa before Independence | Africa |
| Warfare in Africa since Independence | Africa |
| Warthog | Africa |
| Warwick, Dionne | United States |
| Washington, Booker Taliaferro | United States |
| Washington, D.C. | United States |
| Washington, Denzel | United States |
| Washington, Dinah | United States |
| Washington, Fredi | United States |
| Washington, Harold | United States |
| Washington, James Melvin | United States |
| Washington, Margaret Murray | United States |
| Waters, Ethel | United States |
| Waters, Maxine Moore | United States |
| Waters, Muddy | United States |
| Wattleton, Faye | United States |
| Watts, André | United States |
| WDIA | United States |
| Weah, George | Africa |
| Weaver, Robert Clifton | United States |
| Weaverbird | Africa |
| Webb, Frank J. | United States |
| Wedderburn, Robert | Europe |
| Weems, Carrie Mae | United States |
| Wellega | Africa |
| Wells, Willie | United States |
| Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell | United States |
| Wemba, Papa | Africa |
| Wesley, Charles Harris | United States |
| Wesley, Dorothy Bunett Porter | United States |
| West Indian Writing in Central America | Europe |
| West Indies | Latin America/Caribbean |
| West, Cornel | United States |
| West, Dorothy | United States |
| Western Cape | Africa |
| Western Pioneers | United States |
| Western Sahara | Africa |
| Western Sahara (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Wharton, Clifton Reginald, Sr. | United States |
| Wheatley, Phillis | United States |
| Whipper, William | United States |
| White Abolitionists in Brazil | Latin America/Caribbean |
| White, Charles | United States |
| White, José | Latin America/Caribbean |
| White, Walter Francis | United States |
| Whitening | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Widekum | Africa |
| Wideman, John Edgar | United States |
| Wilberforce University | United States |
| Wildebeest | Africa |
| Wilder, Lawrence Douglas | United States |
| Wildlife Management in Africa | Africa |
| Wilkerson, Doxey Alphonso | United States |
| Wilkins, Roy Ottoway | United States |
| Willemstad (Netherlands Antilles) | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Williams, Bert | United States |
| Williams, Billy Dee | United States |
| Williams, Daniel Hale | United States |
| Williams, Eric | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Williams, Franklin Hall | United States |
| Williams, George Washington | United States |
| Williams, John Alfred | United States |
| Williams, Lacey Kirk | United States |
| Williams, Mary Lou | United States |
| Williams, Peter, Jr. | United States |
| Williams, Peter, Sr. | United States |
| Williams, Robert Franklin | United States |
| Williams, Sherley | United States |
| Williams, Spencer, Jr. | United States |
| Williams, Vanessa L. | United States |
| Williamson, Sonny Boy | United States |
| Wills, Harry | United States |
| Wilmington, NC, Riot of 1898 | United States |
| Wilson, August | United States |
| Wilson, Carlos Guillermo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Wilson, Cassandra | United States |
| Wilson, Eric Arthur "Dooley" | United States |
| Wilson, Fred | United States |
| Wilson, Harriet E. Adams | United States |
| Wilson, William Julius | United States |
| Windhoek | Africa |
| Winfrey, Oprah Gail | United States |
| Wings Over Jordan | United States |
| Wobé | Africa |
| Wolof | Africa |
| Womanism | United States |
| Women and the Black Baptist Church | United States |
| Women in the Changing African Family: An Interpretation | Africa |
| Women Writers in Anglophone Africa | Africa |
| Women Writers in Francophone Africa | Africa |
| Wonder, Stevie | United States |
| Woodbey, George Washington | United States |
| Woodruff, Hale Aspacio | United States |
| Woods, Tiger | United States |
| Woodson, Carter Godwin | United States |
| World Music, World Beat and the Re-Africanization of Latin American Popular Music | Latin America/Caribbean |
| World War I and African Americans | United States |
| World War II and African Americans | United States |
| Wright, Louis Tompkins | United States |
| Wright, Richard | United States |
| Xangô | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Xhosa | Africa |
| Xuma, Alfred Bitini | Africa |
| Yaka | Africa |
| Yalunka | Africa |
| Yamoussoukro | Africa |
| Yams | Africa |
| Yanga, Nyanga | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Yao | Africa |
| Yaoundé | Africa |
| Yasin, Abdallah ibn | Africa |
| Yombe | Africa |
| Yorke and Talbot Opinion | Europe |
| Yoruba | Africa |
| Youlou, Fulbert | Africa |
| Young, Andrew | United States |
| Young, Coleman Alexander | United States |
| Young, Lester Willis "Prez" | United States |
| Young, Plummer Bernard | United States |
| Young, Whitney Moore, Jr. | United States |
| Youssou N'Dour | Africa |
| Zafy, Albert | Africa |
| Zaghawa | Africa |
| Zambezi River | Africa |
| Zambia | Africa |
| Zambia (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Zanzibar | Africa |
| Zapata Olivella, Manuel | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Zaramo | Africa |
| Zebra | Africa |
| Zeferina | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Zenawi, Meles | Africa |
| Zenón Cruz, Isabelo | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Zerma | Africa |
| Zigua | Africa |
| Zimbabwe | Africa |
| Zimbabwe (Ready Reference) | Africa |
| Zinder | Africa |
| Zinza | Africa |
| Zobel, Joseph | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Zouk | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Zulu | Africa |
| Zumbi | Latin America/Caribbean |
| Zydeco | United States |