Broad terms related to the African American Experience cover a wide range of different people, places, events, and concepts whereas narrow terms are more specific.
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African Americans
Blacks
Minorities
Civil Rights
Discrimination
Racial Profiling
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks
Orangeburg Massacre
Selma, Alabama
Brown vs. the Board of Education
Harlem Renaissance
Black Diaspora