Noun
A male adult member of an ethnic group having dark pigmentation of the skin, typically of sub-Saharan African descent; or the appearance thereof.
Coordinate term: black woman
I saw a black man with a dog and a white man on a bicycle.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:person of color
(usually with the, dated) Black men or black people collectively; black culture.
The state's policy of "separate but equal" was really about keeping the black man down.
(now rare) An evil spirit, the bogeyman, a demon.
(now rare) A German game of tag (also known as "Who Is Afraid of the Black Man?")
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, man.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity. Steve Biko
I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man. Nelson Mandela
I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. Morgan Freeman
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions. James Baldwin
The political philosophy of black nationalism means that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community no more. Malcolm X
The black man steals just half of very little, but the white man steals the whole sugar plantation. Jamaican Proverb