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Black Kettle
(Encyclopedia) Black Kettle, d. 1868, chief of the southern Cheyenne in Colorado. His attempt to make peace (1864) with the white men ended in the massacre of about half his people at Sand Creek.…black lead
(Encyclopedia) black lead: see graphite.black letter
(Encyclopedia) black letter: see type.black light
(Encyclopedia) black light: see ultraviolet radiation.black locust
(Encyclopedia) black locust: see locust.black lung
(Encyclopedia) black lung: see pneumoconiosis.black market
(Encyclopedia) black market, the selling or buying of commodities at prices above the legal ceiling or beyond the amount allotted to a customer in countries that have placed restrictions on sales and…Black Monday
(Encyclopedia) Black Monday, Oct. 19, 1987, in U.S. history, day of financial panic. The Dow Jones Average fell 508.32 points, a drop of 22.6%, the largest since 1914. The point decline as well as…Black Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Black Mountains: see Appalachian Mountains; Mitchell, Mount.Black Muslims
(Encyclopedia) Black Muslims, African-American religious movement in the United States, split since the late 1970s into the American Society of Muslims and the Nation of Islam. The original group was…Trending
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