31.   Most American blacks vote Democratic, so one effect of concentrating them into black-majority districts is to create Democratic-majority districts as well.

32.   Others say that in Haiti the news showed American blacks as dumb, lazy or on welfare.

33.   Polls show that support for intervention runs highest among American blacks.

34.   Rather, they conversed in a distinctive language spoken by American blacks called Ebonics, a name taken from the words ebony and phonics.

35.   Some African-Americans feel that immigrant groups, including Haitians, unfairly reap economic benefits that are denied to American blacks.

36.   Sullivan vowed to build a movement in which one million American blacks were committed to help Africa.

37.   That part of his mission strikes a chord among American blacks, who often take issue with the portrayal of Africa and Africans in the media.

38.   The graffiti-scarred neighborhood, mostly populated by African and Caribbean immigrants and American blacks, had been demanding more police protection against drug dealers and their violence.

39.   The irony, Dr. Charles said, is that Haitians and American blacks should be bound together by their common skin complexion and concerns.

40.   The number of higher-income American blacks who are investing in the stock market has jumped sharply in the last five years, according to a new survey.