1.   American blacks did not really have a full voice until Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

2.   American blacks saw proof of the myth in everyday life.

3.   American black and a West African.

4.   American blacks may be poorer than whites, but Johnson has discovered how to make good money out of them.

5.   American blacks almost invariably have some white ancestry, so their classification has more to do with politics and culture than with genes.

6.   Among many American blacks, it is a sport in decline.

7.   American blacks, for the most part, trace their descent from West Africa.

8.   And they are said to be superior to your standard American blacks.

9.   And they do not begin to reflect the deep conflicts of opinion between American blacks and whites at every class level.

10.   At least when many American blacks adopt such words, they are trying to come to grips with their own painful history.