Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lists of African Americans
As per #DIR (last item in that section), the sub lists are not at all too broad, and that's why  specifically and pointedly makes them an exception by noting that it does NOT apply to List of Jewish American musicians. It is obvious that List of African-American writers would be useful to anyone interested in African American literature, and the same applies for anyone looking for more information or specific examples on the subjects of any of the other lists. These lists are better than categories because it is of obvious encyclopedic value to be able to know WHEN individual African American Republicans lived so that someone can explore those who were active during Reconstruction, or at the present time or in the times in between. The same could be said, essentially for each of the sub lists. Any sub-list here that does not provide more information than a category SHOULD provide that information, but that's an argument to improve the list, not to delete
— User:Noroton, 21:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOT (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)