Black American Sign Language (BASL) or Black Sign Variation (BSV) is a dialect of American Sign Language (ASL) used most commonly by deaf African Americans...

American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone...

which includes French Sign Language and American Sign Language. The LSF family descends from Old French Sign Language (VLSF), which developed among the deaf...

American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States, starting as a blend of local sign languages and French Sign Language (FSL). Local varieties...

American tribes. Some deaf Indigenous children attend schools for the deaf and learn American Sign Language (ASL) having already acquired Plains Sign...

Ogbu, John U. (1999), "Beyond Language: Ebonics, Proper English, and Identity in a Black-American Speech Community", American Educational Research Journal...

perhaps three hundred sign languages in use around the world today. The number is not known with any confidence; new sign languages emerge frequently through...

Martha's Vineyard Sign Language (MVSL) was a village sign-language that was once widely used on the island of Martha's Vineyard from the early 18th century...

Plateau Sign Language, or Old Plateau Sign Language, is a poorly attested, extinct sign language historically used across the Columbian Plateau. The Crow...

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any...

Hawaiʻi Sign Language or Hawaiian Sign Language (HSL; Hawaiian: Hoailona ʻŌlelo o Hawaiʻi), also known as Hoailona ʻŌlelo, Old Hawaiʻi Sign Language and Hawaiʻi...

of American Sign Language at home, so such data must come from other sources. While modern estimates indicate that American Sign Language was signed by...

Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages...

American Sign Language literature (ASL literature) is one of the most important shared cultural experiences in the American deaf community. Literary genres...

Inuit Sign Language (IUR; Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ, romanized: Inuit Uukturausingit) is one of the Inuit languages and the indigenous sign language of the...

South African Sign Language (SASL, Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal) is the primary sign language used by deaf people in South Africa. The South African...

villages in the US. It was one of three local languages which formed the basis of American Sign Language. Although the number of students from Henniker...

African-American English (or AAE; or Ebonics, also known as Black American English or simply Black English in American linguistics) is the set of English...

territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each city that is black or African American. The data source for the list is the 2020 United States Census...

Black Indians are Native American people – defined as Native American due to being affiliated with Native American communities and being culturally Native...

treatment in White dominated churches. The Black Church (sometimes termed Black Christianity or African American Christianity) is the faith and body of Christian...

preserve African American traditions and culture. The social media discourse around Tutnese also saw debate over gatekeeping the language game, with some...

make legal any sign language, enabling the use of American Sign Language, Quebec Sign Language (LSQ) and "First Nation Sign Language" (which could refer...

The Pan-African flag (also known as the Afro-American flag, Black Liberation flag, UNIA flag, and various other names) is an ethnic flag representing pan-Africanism...

that 78% of Black American adults have a religious affiliation compared to 72% of American adults generally, and about 75% of Black American adults identify...

by African Americans. These beliefs date back to the slavery of black people during the colonial era and they have evolved within American society over...

The African-American upper class, sometimes referred to as the black upper class, the black upper middle class or black elite, is a social class that...

continuing past the sign. In many countries, the sign is a red octagon with the word STOP, in either English, the national language of that particular...

Sign Language (IPSL) is the predominant sign language in the subcontinent of South Asia, used by at least 15 million deaf signers. As with many sign languages...

Black studies or Africana studies (with nationally specific terms, such as African American studies and Black Canadian studies), is an interdisciplinary...