page_title: Lists of African Americans
section_title: Basketball
hierarchical_section_title: Lists of African Americans / Sports / Basketball
caption_attribution_description: English: Professional basketball player Julius Erving
context_page_description: This is a list of African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans. African Americans an ethnic group and citizens of the United States who have full or partial ancestry of any black racial groups of Africa; Black and African Americans form the third largest racial and ethnic group in the United States, behind White Americans and Hispanic and Latino Americans. African Americans are descendants of enslaved black people who are from the United States.
  To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is African-American.
caption: Julius Erving
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