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Blacas ewer
The Blacas ewer is a brass ewer inlaid with silver and copper, made in Mosul in 1232 by Shuja' ibn Man'a al-Mausili and held by the British Museum since 1866.
Blacas papyri
The Blacas papyri are Imperial Aramaic papyri from Saqqara, Egypt, dating to the late 5th and 4th centuries BC, mostly fragments of the Story of Ahiqar.
Blacc Zacc
Blacc Zacc, born Zachary Chapman 1990 in Columbia, South Carolina, is a trap rapper and Dirty Money Entertainment CEO who broke through with the 2019 mixtape Trappin Like Zacc and Interscope deal.
Blaccent
Blaccent, blend of black + accent, colloquial term for imitation of Black English by non-Black speakers; first recorded 2003, pejorative since about 2010; linguists describe AAE as many varieties, not one accent.
Blacciacum
Blacciacum (Blassiacum), Latin name of Plassac in Gironde, France: a Gallo-Roman settlement with three villas (1st-6th c.), mosaic floors, and a possible mention in Bishop Bertram's will (d. 616).
Black
Black is the visual perception produced when a surface reflects little or no visible light, an achromatic color with no hue and one extreme of the gray-to-white axis.
Black '47 (film)
Black '47 is Lance Daly's 2018 Irish famine revenge western set in Connemara in 1847, starring James Frecheville as deserter Martin Feeney and Hugo Weaving as his pursuer Hannah; bilingual Irish-English, IFTA Best Film winner.
Black (2005 film)
Black (ब्लैक), 2005 Hindi drama by Sanjay Leela Bhansali starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukerji; a deafblind girl's teacher, Alzheimer's, 10 Filmfare Awards, released 4 February 2005.
Black (2024 film)
Black (பிளாக்) is a 2024 Tamil sci-fi horror thriller, KG Balasubramani's directorial debut, starring Jiiva and Priya Bhavani Shankar; an official remake of Coherence, released 11 October 2024 by Potential Studios and streaming on Prime Video.
Black (group)
Black (ব্ল্যাক) is a Bangladeshi alternative rock band formed in Dhaka in 1998, which broke through with its 2002 debut album Amar Prithibi and reunited its original lineup in 2024.
Black (Pearl Jam song)
"Black" is a Pearl Jam song from Ten (1991), music by Jeff Ament, lyrics by Eddie Vedder. Never a commercial single or video, it reportedly reached Billboard album rock airplay's top three in 1993 and remains a setlist staple.
Black (singer)
Black (singer) is the stage name of Colin Vearncombe (1962–2016), Liverpool singer-songwriter known for the 1987 international hit Wonderful Life; other names include Sweetest Smile and albums Comedy, Black, Are We Having Fun Yet?, and Blind Faith on his Nero Schwarz label.
Black (video game)
Black (2006) is a single-player first-person shooter by Criterion Games, published by EA for PS2 and Xbox on February 28, 2006, known for destructible environments, weapon feel, and Metacritic scores of 77–79.
Black & Blue (Backstreet Boys album)
Black & Blue is the Backstreet Boys' fourth studio album, released November 21, 2000 on Jive Records. It sold about 1.6 million US copies in its first week, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and produced the hit "Shape of My Heart."
Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is an employee-owned American engineering, procurement, consulting, and construction company founded in 1915 and headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, with about 13,000 employees worldwide.
Black & White (video game)
Black & White (Lionhead Studios, EA, March 2001) is a PC god game set in Eden, known for its reinforcement-learning Creature AI, good/evil alignment system, Metacritic 90, 2.5 million PC sales, Creature Isle expansion, Black & White 2, and unavailability on digital stores.
Black & White (whisky)
Black & White is a blended Scotch whisky created by James Buchanan in the late 19th century, now owned by Diageo and known for its black and white terrier mascots.
Black Adam
Black Adam is a DC Comics character, the wizard Shazam's fallen first champion Teth-Adam, debuting in 1945's Marvel Family #1. A Kahndaq-based magic-wielding antihero, he stars in the 2022 Dwayne Johnson film and differs from Shazam through his ruthless justice and distinct pantheon.
Black Adam (film)
Black Adam (2022) is a DCEU superhero film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, starring Dwayne Johnson as Teth-Adam opposite the Justice Society. Released October 21, 2022; grossed $393.5M on a $190–260M budget; no sequel followed.
Black Agenda Now / The Black Agenda
Black Agenda Now, operating as The Black Agenda, is a Las Vegas organization founded in 2024 that presents itself as an economic advancement platform for Black communities.
Black American Sign Language
Black American Sign Language, or Black ASL, is a distinct variety of American Sign Language that developed in segregated Southern deaf schools and serves many Black Deaf communities.
Black and Blue
Black and Blue is the Rolling Stones' 1976 thirteenth studio album. It was produced by the Glimmer Twins and featured guest guitarists Ronnie Wood, Harvey Mandel, and Wayne Perkins.
Black and Blue (2019 film)
Black and Blue is a 2019 American action thriller directed by Deon Taylor, starring Naomie Harris as a New Orleans officer on the run with incriminating body-camera footage.
Black and Tan Coonhound
Black and Tan Coonhound, an American scent hound bred to trail and tree raccoons by voice; UKC-registered 1900, AKC-recognized 1945; 25-27 inch males, black-and-tan coat, 10-12 year lifespan.
Black and Tans
Black and Tans: British ex-servicemen recruited as Royal Irish Constabulary constables from January 1920 during the Irish War of Independence, named for mixed green-and-khaki uniforms; distinct from the ex-officer Auxiliary Division (ADRIC), notorious for reprisals.
Black and white cookie
Black and white cookie, also called half-moon or Amerikaner: a soft, cake-like New York City bakery cookie frosted half chocolate, half vanilla fondant; origin debated between Glaser's Bake Shop (1902) and Utica's Hemstrought's Bakery.
Black and White Forbidden Zone (黑白禁区)
Black and White Forbidden Zone (黑白禁区, The Penalty Zone) is a 2020 Chinese undercover narcotics-crime drama, 44 episodes on iQiyi/Tencent Video/Youku, directed by 赵浚凯, starring 欧豪 as amnesiac undercover cop 淦天雷; Douban 4.8.
Black and Yellow
"Black and Yellow" is a 2010 hip-hop single by Wiz Khalifa, produced by Stargate, about his black-and-yellow car and Pittsburgh's colors. It hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, became the Steelers' Super Bowl XLV anthem, and earned two Grammy nominations.
Black armband protest
The black armband protest: Zimbabwe cricketers Andy Flower and Henry Olonga wore black armbands, actually insulation tape, at the 2003 Cricket World Cup opener against Namibia to mourn the death of democracy under Mugabe, ending their Zimbabwe careers.
Black Army
The Black Army (Fekete sereg) was the standing mercenary army of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, founded in 1459 and crushed by Paul Kinizsi in 1492.