This is a list of lists of African Americans. For people from current African countries, see lists for individual countries (e.g., List of Nigerian Americans).
Government and politics
African Americans in the United States Congress (includes a long list)
List of African-American jurists
List of African-American United States presidential and vice presidential candidates
List of African-American United States Senators
List of first African-American mayors
List of African-American leftists
List of African-American abolitionists
List of African-American officeholders during Reconstruction
List of African-American Medal of Honor recipients
Military history of African Americans (discusses individuals)
Science and mathematics
List of African-American astronauts
List of African-American inventors and scientists
List of African-American mathematicians
List of African American women in STEM fields
There is a substantial body of literature, much of it by African Americans, that collects biographies of black leaders. Notable examples in this genre are:
100 Greatest African Americans
The Afro-American Press and Its Editors
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising
Music and Some Highly Musical People
Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities
African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska, including a list of notable African Americans from Omaha
List of African American actors
List of African-American singers
List of African American pioneers in desegregation of higher education
List of winners of the William E. Harmon foundation award for distinguished achievement among Negroes
List of African American LGBT
