page_title: Lists of African Americans
section_title: Actors, actresses, and comedians
hierarchical_section_title: Lists of African Americans / Actors, actresses, and comedians
caption_attribution_description: English: Angela Bassett at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International in San Diego, California.
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: Angela Bassett
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