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Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter (BLM): decentralized US-founded movement begun in 2013 as #BlackLivesMatter after Zimmerman's acquittal, protesting police violence against Black people, with chapters, the BLM Global Network Foundation, the M4BL coalition, and 2020 global protests.
Black Lives Matter Plaza
Black Lives Matter Plaza was the 2020-2025 name of two blocks of 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C., with a 48-foot yellow Black Lives Matter mural, made permanent in 2021 and removed in 2025.
Black Lotus (Magic: The Gathering)
Black Lotus (Magic: The Gathering), Alpha 1993, Christopher Rush art; zero-cost artifact adding three mana of any color; Power Nine member, Vintage-restricted, Reserved List; record $3,000,000 sale.
Black M (musician)
Black M, also known as Black Mesrimes, is a French rapper-singer born Alpha Diallo in Paris in 1984, known for Sexion d'Assaut and his solo debut Les yeux plus gros que le monde.
Black Madonna
A Black Madonna, also called a Black Virgin, is an image of Mary with a dark face and hands, venerated at hundreds of European shrines.
Black Madonna of Częstochowa
The Black Madonna of Częstochowa, also known as Our Lady of Częstochowa, is a Byzantine-style icon of the Virgin Mary venerated at Jasna Góra monastery in Poland since the 14th century.
Black Mafia
The Black Mafia was a Philadelphia African American organized crime group formed in the 1960s, distinct from Detroit's Black Mafia Family (BMF), known for extortion, heroin trafficking, the 1972 Club Harlem and 1973 Hanafi massacre murders, and the Junior Black Mafia successor.
Black Mafia Family
Black Mafia Family (BMF), cocaine trafficking and money laundering organization founded in early 1990s Detroit by Demetrius "Big Meech" and Terry "Southwest T" Flenory; dismantled in 2005 by Operation Motor City Mafia; also the name of the 2021 Starz drama series.
Black magic
Black magic: umbrella label for supernatural practices believed to cause harm or control, also called sorcery or maleficium; distinguished from white magic by intent, shaped by culture, law, and the identity of the accused.
Black Magic Woman
Black Magic Woman: 1968 Peter Green song for Fleetwood Mac (UK No. 37), written about Sandra Elsdon; Santana's 1970 Abraxas version with Gregg Rolie and Gábor Szabó's Gypsy Queen hit US No. 4.
Black mamba
The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a highly venomous snake of sub-Saharan Africa, named for the black inside of its mouth and the longest venomous snake on the continent.
Black Manosphere
The Black manosphere is the branch of the anti-feminist manosphere populated by Black men defending Black male authority; known for Fresh and Fit creators, patriarchal gender scripts, and Pick-Me women creators.
Black Manta
Black Manta, also David Hyde or David Kane in film, is DC Comics' aquatic supervillain and Aquaman's chief enemy. Created by Bob Haney and Nick Cardy, he debuted in Aquaman #35 (1967), killed Aquababy, and fathered Aqualad (Jackson Hyde).
Black Mariah
Black Mariah is the name of two comic book characters: Marvel's Mariah Dillard, a Harlem gang leader and Luke Cage villain debuting in Hero for Hire #5 (1972), later played by Alfre Woodard in Netflix's Luke Cage, and a separate Fallen Angel character, Mariah Blacque (2003).
Black market
A black market, also known as the shadow or underground economy, is a market where illegal goods, or legal goods traded illegally, are exchanged outside state oversight and taxation.
Black Market (Rick Ross album)
Black Market is Rick Ross's eighth studio album, released December 4, 2015 on Def Jam. A mellower, R&B-guest-heavy record featuring Chris Brown's "Sorry," it scored 61 on Metacritic and peaked at No. 88 on the UK Albums Chart.
Black marlin
Black marlin (Istiompax indica, formerly Makaira indica), a large Indo-Pacific billfish reaching over 4.48 m and 700 kg, identified by rigid pectoral fins that cannot fold flat; a major gamefish and tuna-fishery bycatch species, IUCN Data Deficient.
Black Mask (1996 film)
Black Mask (黑俠) is a 1996 Hong Kong sci-fi superhero action film directed by Daniel Lee, produced by Tsui Hark, starring Jet Li as a pain-free ex-super-soldier vigilante, adapted from Li Chi-Tat's 1992 comic.
Black Mask (character)
Black Mask (Roman Sionis) is a DC Comics Gotham crime lord and Batman enemy, created by Doug Moench and Tom Mandrake in Batman #386 (1985); he wears a mask carved from his father's casket, leads the False Face Society, and has been played by Ewan McGregor in Birds of Prey.
Black Mask 2: City of Masks
Black Mask 2: City of Masks (黑俠2) is a 2002 Tsui Hark sci-fi action sequel to the 1999 Jet Li film Black Mask, with Andy On as the masked hero fighting DNA-bomb terrorists and mutant wrestlers.
Black Mass
The Black Mass (Le Messe Noir) is a claimed inverted imitation of the Catholic Mass, largely a literary construction that became real practice in the twentieth century.
Black Mass (film)
Black Mass (film) refers chiefly to the 2015 Scott Cooper Warner Bros. crime biopic starring Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger and Joel Edgerton as FBI agent John Connolly, based on Lehr and O'Neill's book; also a 2024 Devanny Pinn Ted Bundy thriller.
Black Mesa (Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico)
Black Mesa: a basalt-capped plateau at the Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico corner, Oklahoma's highest point at 4,972.97 feet, and a separate namesake mesa near Española, New Mexico.
Black Mesa (video game)
Black Mesa: Crowbar Collective's Valve-licensed Source-engine re-imagining of Half-Life (1998); 2004 mod origins, 2012 free mod, 2015 Early Access, full release March 2020 with rebuilt Xen.
Black Mesa Research Facility
The Black Mesa Research Facility, colloquially Black Mesa, is the fictional New Mexico desert complex where a disastrous resonance cascade triggers the Black Mesa Incident in Valve's 1998 game Half-Life.
Black Messiah (album)
Black Messiah is the third studio album by D'Angelo, credited to D'Angelo and the Vanguard, released December 15, 2014 on RCA, 14 years after Voodoo, rushed out after the Ferguson protests, recorded fully on analogue tape, and met with a 95 Metascore.
Black metal
Black metal: extreme metal subgenre named after Venom's 1982 album; first wave (Venom, Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Celtic Frost), Norwegian second wave 1990–1994 with Mayhem, Burzum, church burnings, corpse paint, tremolo riffs, blast beats.
Black Midi
Black Midi (stylised black midi): English experimental rock band from London formed in 2017 at the BRIT School, known for the Windmill scene, math rock and post-punk fusion, Rough Trade albums Schlagenheim, Cavalcade, Hellfire, 2019 Mercury Prize shortlisting, and 2024 hiatus.
Black MIDI
Black MIDI is a music genre of MIDI files packed with millions of notes, so dense the score looks black. Originating in Japan around 2009 on Nico Nico Douga with Touhou arrangements, it spread via YouTube; composers are called blackers. Distinct from the English band black midi.
Black Mirror
Black Mirror is a British dystopian science-fiction anthology series created by Charlie Brooker, first aired on Channel 4 in 2011 and later a Netflix original, with standalone episodes about technology and society, including the interactive film Bandersnatch and a seventh season in 2025.