"Oh but my joy of today
Is that we can all be proud to say
To be young, gifted and black
Is where it's at"
Is that we can all be proud to say
To be young, gifted and black
Is where it's at"
— Nina Simone, "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black"
Media with a prominent focus on Black American people, whether it be historical or contemporary. Exploration of racial identity is common in these works, though the subject can also be highly varied.
We ask to list works with African-Americans in central roles as opposed to periphery roles. A good rule of thumb is to consider is that whether or not the work is about an African-American person or African-American people as opposed to playing a part in an ensemble. In fact, African-American media is so extensive there are multiple subtropes and folders on this index.
See also American Media, Arab-Americans in Media, Asian-American Media, Judaism and Jewish Culture in Media, Latino-American Media, Native American and First Nations Media, and Pacific Islanders in Media. Also see African-American Creators for a list of black American creators.
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Anime
- Cannon Busters (created by African-American illustrator LeSean Thomas, and features many black characters).
- Marvel Anime: Blade
Art
Audio Plays
- Bill Cosby
- 1964 - I Started Out as a Child
- 1982 - Bill Cosby: Himself
Comic Books
- Ant
- Aquaman: The Becoming
- Batwing (Luke Fox)
- Bingo Love
- Bitter Root
- Black Lightning
- La Borinqueña
- Captain America: Sam Wilson
- Captain America: Symbol of Truth
- Code Name: Gravedigger
- The Crew
- Daughters of the Dragon
- Give Me Liberty
- Green Lantern: The Lost Army (John Stewart)
- Falcon & Winter Soldier
- Far Sector
- Farmhand
- Goldie Vance
- Horndog
- Incognegro
- Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Talenote
- Luke Cage
- March (3 graphic novels about Rep John Lewis)
- Milestone Comics
- Mighty Avengers (2013) (mostly African-American cast)
- Motor Crush
- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
- Naomi
- The Next Batman
- Outer Darkness (An African-American man is the central figure of the plot)
- Quantum and Woody
- Shadoweyes
- Spawn
- Spawn (Comic Book)
- Spider-Man (Miles Morales)
- Storm (Marvel Comics) (The character Storm is Kenyan and African-American)
- Super Diaper Baby
- Truth: Red, White & Black
- Vixen: Return of the Lion (African immigrant)
Comic Strips
Films — Animated
- The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (Based on tales of African-American folkfore)
- The Animatrix (Final Flight of the Osiris, Program, World Record)
- Bébé's Kids
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (Co-lead character George Beard is African-American)
- Coonskin
- Dear Basketball
- Hair Love
- Hair Piece
- Home
- Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron
- The Princess and the Frog
- Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain
- Soul
- Spider-Man: Spider-Verse
- Spies in Disguise
- Wendell & Wild
Films — Live-Action
- 10 Items or Less
- 12 Years a Slave
- 13th
- 2 Guns
- The 24th
- 42
- 48 Hrs.
- 4 Little Girls
- Da 5 Bloods
- Aaron Loves Angela
- About Last Night... (2014 remake)
- Above The Rim
- Acrimony
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash
- After Earth
- Akeelah and the Bee
- Alex Cross
- Ali
- All Eyez on Me
- Along Came a Spider
- American Gangster
- American Honey
- Amistad
- Amos & Andrew
- Annie (2014)
- Antebellum
- Antwone Fisher
- Are We There Yet?
- The Art of War
- ATL
- Baby Boy
- Bad Boys (1995)
- Bad Trip
- Bamboozled
- The Banker
- Barbarian
- Barbershop
- Bastille Day (aka The Take)
- Beats
- Beauty Shop
- Beckett
- Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
- The Best Man
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Beyond the Lights
- Big Momma's House
- Bill Cosby: Himself
- The Birth of a Nation (2016)
- Black and Tan
- Black Belt Jones
- Black Box
- Black Caesar
- The Black Cobra
- Black Dynamite
- The Blackening
- Blackenstein
- The Black Godfather
- BlacKkKlansman
- Black Knight (2001)
- Black Mama, White Mama
- Black or White
- Black Panther: Set in a fantastic, fictional African nation, however deals heavily with the relations between their nation and America, includes an African-American antagonist.
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: Continuing some of the themes of the original movie, and introduces Riri Williams, an African-American prodigy.
- Black Rage
- The Black Six
- Blacula
- Blade Trilogy
- Blankman
- Blazing Saddles
- Bless Their Little Hearts
- Blindspotting
- The Blood of Jesus
- Blue Streak
- Boat Trip
- Body and Soul
- The Bone Collector
- Bones (2001)
- The Book of Eli
- Boomerang
- Born in the Maelstrom
- Boss Nigger
- Boyz n the Hood
- Brian's Song: Based on the the friendship of Chicago Bears football players Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers, one of the two leads is African-American.
- Bright
- The Brother from Another Planet
- Brother Future
- Brotherhood of Death
- Brotherly Love
- Bulletproof
- The Butler
- The Call
- Candy Cane Lane
- Candyman
- The Candy Tangerine Man
- Captain EO
- Captive State
- Carmen Jones
- Car Wash
- Catwoman
- Central Intelligence
- Charm City Kings
- The Cheetah Girls
- The Cherokee Kid
- Class Act
- Cleopatra Jones
- Clockers
- Coach Carter
- Coffy
- Collateral
- Collateral Beauty
- The Color of Friendship
- The Color Purple
- College Road Trip
- Come Sunday
- Coming to America
- Concrete Cowboy
- Concussion: Based on Nigerian immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu.
- Cooley High
- The Cool World
- Cop Out
- Courage Under Fire
- Cradle 2 the Grave
- The Creator (2023)
- Creed
- Crimson Tide
- Crooklyn
- The Curse Of Bridge Hollow
- Daddy Day Care
- Daddy's Little Girls
- Dance Flick
- Darby and the Dead
- Day Shift
- Dead Presidents
- Dear White People
- Death at a Funeral (the Chris Rock remake)
- Deep Cover
- Déjà Vu (2006)
- Demolition Man
- Detroit
- Devil in a Blue Dress
- Devotion (2022)
- Diary of a Mad Black Woman
- Disco Godfather
- The Distinguished Gentleman
- A Diva's Christmas Carol
- Django Unchained
- Dolemite
- Dolemite Is My Name
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
- Dope
- Do the Right Thing
- Double Take
- Down in the Delta
- Down To Earth (2001)
- Dr. Dolittle
- Drop Zone
- Drumline
- East Meets Watts
- Edge of America
- Emergency (2022)
- Emperor (2020)
- Enemy of the State
- The Equalizer
- Escape Room (2019)
- Everything, Everything
- Eve's Bayou
- The Express
- Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
- Fallen
- The Family That Preys
- The Fan
- Fatal Beauty
- Fat Albert
- Fatale
- Fat Camp
- Fear Street
- Felicia
- Finding Buck Mc Henry
- The First Purge
- First Sunday
- Fled
- Flight
- The Flying Ace
- Focus
- Four Brothers
- Foxy Brown
- Freedom on My Mind
- Fresh
- Freshman Year
- Friday
- From Justin to Kelly
- Fruitvale Station
- Full Eclipse
- The Game Plan
- Gang of Roses
- Gang Related
- Ganja & Hess
- Gemini Man
- Get on the Bus
- Get On Up
- Get Out
- Ghost Dad
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
- A Girl Like Grace
- Girls Trip
- Glass Onion
- Glitter
- Glory
- Glory Road
- The Golden Child
- Gone Fishin'
- Good Burger
- Good Deeds
- The Gospel
- Gothika
- The Great White Hype
- Green Book
- Guess Who
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Gunmen
- The Guy from Harlem
- Half Baked
- Hancock
- The Harder They Fall (2021)
- Harlem Nights
- Harriet
- A Haunted House
- The Haunted Mansion (2003)
- Haunted Mansion (2023)
- Hearts Beat Loud
- Heart Condition
- Heatwave (2022)
- He Got Game
- The Help
- Hidden Figures
- Higher Learning
- Hitch
- Hoodlum
- Hood of Horror
- Hoop Dreams
- Hounded
- House Party (1990)
- Houseguest
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back
- The Hurricane
- I Am Legend
- I Am Not Your Negro
- I Am Somebody
- I Can Do Bad All by Myself
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Illusions (1982)
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
- Inside Man
- The Invitation (2022)
- In the Heat of the Night
- I, Robot
- Jackie Brown
- Jagged Mind
- Jason's Lyric
- Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
- John Q.
- Joyful Noise
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Jumping the Broom
- Jungle Fever
- Just Mercy
- Juwanna Mann
- The Karate Kid (2010 remake)
- Karen
- Kazaam
- Keanu
- Kidnap
- The Kid Who Loved Christmas
- Killer of Sheep
- Kimi
- King Richard
- Kings 2017
- Kiss the Girls
- Krush Groove
- The Ladies Man
- Lakeview Terrace
- The Last Boy Scout
- The Last Dragon
- Last Holiday
- Lean on Me
- The Learning Tree
- Legacy 2010
- Leprechaun in the Hood
- Lethal Weapon series
- Let It Shine
- Life (1999)
- Like Mike
- Little
- Little Man
- Little Woods
- Losing Ground
- Losing Isaiah
- Love & Basketball
- Love Don't Cost a Thing
- Love in the Villa
- Loving
- A Low Down Dirty Shame
- Ma
- Madea Goes to Jail
- Madea's Big Happy Family
- Madea's Family Reunion
- Made in America
- Major Payne
- Malcolm & Marie
- Malcolm X
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
- Man on Fire (2004)
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- Marci X
- Marshall
- The Marvels (2023)
- Master
- Meet Dave
- Menace II Society
- Men in Black
- The Meteor Man
- Metro
- Michael Jackson's This Is It
- Missing (2023)
- Mo' Better Blues
- Mo' Money
- Money Talks
- Money Train
- Monster's Ball
- Monster High: The Movie (The central character driving the plot is a biracial African-American girl)
- Moonlight
- Moonwalker
- Most Wanted
- Mr. 3000
- Mudbound
- Murder at 1600
- A Murder of Crows
- The Murder of Fred Hampton
- My Nephew Emmett
- National Security
- The Negro Soldier
- New Jack City
- A New York Christmas Wedding
- Night School (2018)
- No Good Deed (2014)
- Nope
- Norbit
- Nothing But a Man
- Notorious (2009)
- The Nutty Professor (1996 remake)
- "O"
- Obsessed
- Odds Against Tomorrow
- O.J.: Made in America
- One Night in Miami...
- One Night Stand (1997)
- On the Count of Three
- Original Gangstas
- The Original Kings of Comedy
- Overlord
- Paid in Full
- Panther
- Pariah
- Paris Is Burning
- Passenger 57
- The Pelican Brief
- Perfect Addiction
- Perfect Stranger
- Phat Girlz
- The Players Club
- Poetic Justice
- Portrait of Jason
- Posse
- Preacher's Kid
- Precious
- Project Power
- Pure Luck
- Purple Rain
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- Queen & Slim
- Race
- Radio
- Rags
- Ray
- Red Tails
- Remember the Titans
- Respect (2021)
- Resurrecting the Champ
- The Rich Man's Wife
- Ricochet
- Ride Along
- Roll Bounce
- Roman J. Israel, Esq.
- Romeo Must Die
- Rosewood
- Run Sweetheart Run
- Rush Hour series: One of the two main protagonists is African-American.
- Safe House
- Save the Last Dance
- The Scar of Shame
- School Daze
- Selma
- Senseless
- Set It Off
- Seven Pounds
- Seventeen Again
- Shadowboxer
- Shaft
- Shaft (2000)
- Sheba, Baby
- She Hate Me
- She's Gotta Have It
- Showtime
- The Siege
- Sister Act
- Sleight
- Snitch
- Snow Dogs
- A Soldier's Story
- Something New
- Song of the South
- Sorry to Bother You
- Soul Food
- Soul Plane
- South Bronx Heroes
- Southside With You
- Space Is the Place
- Space Jam
- Sparkle
- Spartan
- Spawn (1997)
- Spiral
- Steel
- Steel Magnolias (2012 Remake)
- Stir Crazy
- St. Louis Blues
- Stormy Weather
- The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
- Strapped
- Street Fight
- The Sun Is Also a Star
- Super Fly
- Suzanne, Suzanne
- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
- Sylvie's Love
- The Symbol of the Unconquered
- Takers
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (2009)
- Tales from the Hood
- Tenet
- Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
- They Cloned Tyrone
- The Thing with Two Heads
- Think Like a Man
- This Christmas
- A Thousand Words
- Three the Hard Way
- Thriller
- Thunder Force (2021): One of the two leads is an African-American woman.
- Thunderstruck
- Till
- A Time to Kill
- Top Five
- To Sleep with Anger
- Trading Places
- Tragedy Girls
- Training Day
- Trouble Man
- The Tuskegee Airmen
- T*Witches
- Two Distant Strangers
- Tyler Perry's A Fall From Grace
- Tyson
- Unbreakable
- Undercover Brother
- Undisputed
- Unstoppable
- Up, Up and Away!
- Us
- Vampire in Brooklyn
- Vampires vs. the Bronx
- Virtuosity
- The Wash
- Watermelon Man
- The Watermelon Woman
- Waves
- The Wedding Ringer
- We Have a Ghost
- Werewolves Within
- What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
- What's the Worst That Could Happen?
- When the Bough Breaks
- When We Were Kings
- White Chicks
- White Dog
- White Man's Burden
- White Men Can't Jump
- Why Did I Get Married?
- Widows
- Wild Wild West
- The Witches (2020 remake)
- Within Our Gates
- Without Remorse
- The Wiz
- The Wood
- A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
- xXx: State of the Union
- You People
- Zapped
- ZigZag
- Zola
Literature
- Afrotistic
- Akata Witch
- Alex Cross
- All American Boys
- American Girls: Addy
- Anger Is a Gift
- The Autobiography Of An Ex Colored Man
- The Ballad of Black Tom
- Beloved
- The Black God's Drums
- The Black Parade
- The Blind Side
- The Bluest Eye
- Bone Street Rumba
- The Book of Negroes
- The Book of Phoenix
- Bud, Not Buddy
- Captain Underpants (Co-lead character George Beard is African-American)
- The Changeling
- Chaos Seeds
- The Color Purple
- Corduroy
- Elbow Room
- Everything, Everything
- Fledgling
- Forgive Me Not
- Giovanni's Room
- Go Tell It on the Mountain
- The Hate U Give
- Holes
- Home
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Invisible Man
- The Jericho Trilogy
- The Kane Chronicles
- Kindred
- Legendborn
- A Lesson Before Dying
- Liar
- Lilith's Brood
- The Confessions of Nat Turner
- Lovecraft Country
- Maniac Magee
- Monster
- Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman
- Mumbo Jumbo
- Native Son
- The Nickel Boys
- Nightjohn
- Out of My Mind
- Parable of the Sower
- Passing
- Pink And Say
- Push
- Rip and Red
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- Roots
- Salvage the Bones
- Scarlet Sister Mary
- The Secret Life of Bees
- Serwa Boateng
- The Snowy Day
- Song of Solomon
- "Sonny's Blues"
- Sounder
- Straight Outta Fangton
- Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark
- "Talma Gordon"
- Tears of a Tiger
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Twelve Days
- Vampire Huntress Legend
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- The Underground Railroad
- The Vanishing Half
- Waiting to Exhale
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
- When Dad Killed Mom
Live-Action TV
- 227
- 413 Hope St.
- 4400
- Abbott Elementary
- Accused (2023): "Kendall's Story" focuses on an African-American, with the main cast being mostly African-American.
- The Afterparty
- All American
- All Rise
- Amazing Stories (2020):
- "The Heat" centers on a pair of young African-American women who are track athletes. All the supporting characters are also black.
- "Signs Of Life" centers on two African-American women, a mother and her daughter.
- Amber Brown (2022): The series centers on the title character, who is reimagined here being biracial with a white mom and an African-American dad.
- The Amber Ruffin Show
- Amen
- America's Next Top Model
- Angie Tribeca
- A.N.T. Farm
- Any Day Now
- Archive 81
- The Arsenio Hall Show
- Atlanta
- Average Joe
- Ballers
- Batwoman: Season two and onward has Ryan Wilder, an African-American woman, become Batwoman, with main characters Luke and Sophie being African-American as well.
- Being Mary Jane
- Bel-Air
- Benson
- The Bernie Mac Show
- Betty
- Between Brothers
- The Bill Cosby Show
- #blackAF
- black•ish
- A Black Lady Sketch Show
- Black Lightning
- Black Mirror: San Junipero
- Black Mirror: Striking Vipers
- Black Monday
- Black Jesus
- Blade: The Series
- Blindspotting
- Bob Hearts Abishola
- Boston Public
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- The Carmichael Show
- Chappelle's Show
- The Chris Rock Show
- City Guys
- Claws
- Cloak and Dagger
- Common Law
- The Cosby Show
- Cousins for Life
- Cousin Skeeter
- Dear White People
- Die Hart
- Diff'rent Strokes
- Don't Look Deeper
- Empire
- The Equalizer
- The Eric Andre Show
- Euphoria
- Everybody Hates Chris
- Extant
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Fam
- Family Matters
- Family Reunion
- The Famous Jett Jackson
- Fantasy Island (2021): One of the main characters is Ruby, who's African-American.
- Fargo: Season Four
- Finding Your Roots
- First Kill
- The First Lady: Anthology focusing on the First Ladies of the United States, season one focuses on Michelle Obama.
- Flavor of Love
- For Better or Worse
- For Life
- Found (2023)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- From
- Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything
- Games People Play (2019)
- The Get Down
- Getting By
- Ghostwriter
- Ginny and Georgia
- Girlfriends
- Gimme a Break!
- Godfather of Harlem
- God Friended Me
- Good Times
- Gossip Girl (2021)
- Grand Crew
- Greenleaf
- Gullah Gullah Island
- Half & Half
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
- Hap and Leonard
- The Haunted Hathaways
- The Haves and the Have Nots
- High Fidelity
- Homeboys in Outer Space
- Hou$e of Lie$: African-American actor Don Cheadle plays the lead character of the ensemble cast.
- House of Payne
- How to Get Away with Murder
- How to Rock: African-American actress Cymphonique Miller plays the lead character of the ensemble cast.
- The Hughleys
- I Love New York
- In Living Color!
- Insecure
- Interview with the Vampire (2022)
- In the Heat of the Night
- In the House
- Into the Dark: "Blood Moon" centers on Esme, an African-American woman, and Luna, her biracial son (his father was Asian-American).
- Ironside
- The Irrational
- The Jacksons: An American Dream
- The Jamie Foxx Show
- The Jeffersons
- The Journey of Allen Strange
- Julia
- Just Jordan
- Just Roll With It
- K.C. Undercover
- Kenan & Kel
- Key & Peele
- K-Ville
- Lab Rats
- LA Heat
- L.A.'s Finest
- A League of Their Own (2022)
- Lee Daniels Star
- Legendary
- Legendary Dudas
- Lethal Weapon
- Let the Right One In
- Lincoln Heights
- Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector
- Living Single
- Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls
- Lovecraft Country
- Love Life (season 2)
- Luke Cage
- Malcolm & Eddie
- A Man Called Hawk
- M.A.N.T.I.S.
- Martin (1992)
- The Mayor
- Miracle's Boys
- Modern Love
- Moesha
- Murder in the First
- My Brother and Me
- My Wife and Kids
- Naomi
- The Nat King Cole Show
- The Neighborhood
- New Attitude
- The New Edition Story
- New York Undercover
- The Nick Cannon Show
- Noah's Arc
- Notorious
- October Faction
- On Our Own
- One on One
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
- Pair of Kings
- The Parent 'Hood
- The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
- Pimp My Ride
- Pitch
- Pose
- Power
- Pryor's Place
- P-Valley
- Queens
- Queen Sugar
- Raising Dion
- Reading Rainbow
- The Real
- The Real Housewives of Atlanta
- The Real Housewives of Potomac
- The Real Husbands of Hollywood
- The Red Line
- Resident Evil (2022)
- Roc
- Roll Out!
- Romeo!
- The Rookie: Feds
- Room 222
- Roots (1977)
- Rosewood
- RuPaul's Drag Race
- Rush Hour: One of the two main protagonists is African-American.
- Sanford and Son
- Scandal
- Scream: Resurrection
- The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
- Secret Invasion (2023)
- Shake it Up
- She's Gotta Have It
- Shots Fired
- Sister, Sister
- Sleepy Hollow
- Smart Guy
- Snowfall
- Soul Train
- Special Ops: Lioness
- Star Falls
- The Steve Harvey Show
- Superior Donuts
- Superstition
- Swarm
- Tall Hopes
- The Temptations
- That Girl Lay Lay
- That's So Raven
- Thea
- THEM (2021)
- This Is Us
- Tom Swift
- Training Day
- True Detective season three
- True Jackson, VP
- Treme
- Truth Be Told
- Twenties
- Twisted Metal (2023)
- Two Sentence Horror Stories:
- "Only Child": Haitian immigrant protagonist.
- "Little Monsters": Features two African-American main characters.
- "Squirm": An African-American woman is the central protagonist.
- "Tutorial": An African-American woman is the lead character.
- "Ma": An African-American woman is a main character.
- "Guilt Trip": An African-American man is one of the two lead characters.
- "Bag Man: Features two African-American main characers.
- "Quota": An African-American woman is the lead character.
- "Ibeji": Nigerian-American protagonist.
- "Teeth": Features an African-American main character.
- "Heirloom": Features three African-American main characters.
- Tyler Perry's Young Dylan
- Undercovers
- Underground
- Under One Roof
- Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.
- Unsung
- Watchmen
- The Wayans Bros.
- Webster
- What's Happening!!
- When They See Us
- Whoopi
- The Wire
- Woke
- Women of the Movement
- The Wonder Years (2021)
- Young Rock
- Ziwe
- Zoe Ever After
Music
- Louis Armstrong
- 1925-1928 - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
- Erykah Badu
- 2000 - Mama's Gun
- Beyoncé
- 2003 - Dangerously in Love
- 2006 - B'Day
- 2008 - I Am... Sasha Fierce
- 2011 - 4
- 2013 - Beyoncé
- 2016 - Lemonade
- 2022 - Renaissance
- Body Count
- 1992 - Body Count
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
- 1999 - E. 1999 Eternal
- Boyz II Men
- 1991 - Cooleyhighharmony
- 1994 - II
- James Brown
- 1963 - Live at the Apollo
- 1991 - Star Time
- Mariah Carey
- 1995 - Daydream
- 1997 - Butterfly
- 2005 - The Emancipation of Mimi
- Ray Charles
- Cody Chestnutt
- 2002 - The Headphone Masterpiece
- Childish Gambino
- 2016 - "Awaken, My Love!"
- "This Is America"
- George Clinton/Funkadelic/Parliment
- 1971 - Maggot Brain
- 1975 - Mothership Connection
- 1978 - One Nation Under a Groove
- Alice Coltrane
- 1970 - Ptah, the El Daoud
- 1971 - Journey in Satchidananda
- 1972 - World Galaxy
- 1982 - Turiya Sings
- John Coltrane
- 1957 - Blue Train
- 1960 - Giant Steps
- 1961 - My Favorite Things
- 1965 - A Love Supreme
- Ornette Coleman
- 1959 - The Shape of Jazz to Come
- D'Angelo
- 1995 - Brown Sugar
- 2000 - Voodoo
- 2014 - Black Messiah
- Miles Davis
- 1959 - Kind of Blue
- 1959 - Sketches of Spain
- 1969 - Bitches Brew
- 1992 - Doo-Bop
- Destiny's Child
- 1998 - Destiny's Child
- 1999 - The Writing's on the Wall
- 2001 - Survivor
- 2004 - Destiny Fulfilled
- Eric Dolphy
- 1964 - Out to Lunch!
- Dr. Dre
- 1992 - The Chronic
- The Fugees
- 1996 - The Score
- Future
- 2015 - DS2
- Marvin Gaye
- 1971 - What's Going On?
- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
- 1982 - The Message
- Al Green
- 1972 - Let's Stay Together
- 1973 - Call Me
- Todrick Hall
- 2016 - Straight Outta Oz
- Herbie Hancock
- 1973 - HeadHunters
- 1983 - Future Shock
- Jimi Hendrix
- 1967 - Are You Experienced
- 1967 - Axis: Bold As Love
- 1968 - Electric Ladyland
- 1970 - Band of Gypsys
- Gil Scott-Heron
- 1974 - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- 1974 - Winter in America
- Lauryn Hill
- Billie Holiday
- 1958 - Lady in Satin
- Whitney Houston
- 1985 - Whitney Houston
- Howlin' Wolf
- 1959 - Moanin' in the Moonlight
- 1969 - The Howlin' Wolf Album
- J Dilla
- 2001 - Welcome 2 Detroit
- 2006 - Donuts
- Janet Jackson
- 1986 - Control
- 1989 - Rhythm Nation 1814
- 1993 - janet.
- 1997 - The Velvet Rope
- 2001 - All For You
- Michael Jackson
- 1972 - Got to Be There
- 1979 - Off the Wall
- 1982 - Thriller
- 1987 - Bad
- 1991 - Dangerous
- 1995 - HIStory: Past, Present, and Future -- Book I
- Michael Jackson's Ghosts
- 2001 - Invincible
- 2010 - Michael
- 2014 - Xscape
- Millie Jackson
- 1974 - Caught Up
- Robert Johnson
- Junior Kimbrough
- 1994 - Sad Days, Lonely Nights
- KRS-ONE
- 1987 - Criminal Minded
- Kendrick Lamar
- 2012 - good kid, m.A.A.d city
- 2015 - To Pimp a Butterfly
- LaBelle
- 1974 - Nightbirds
- Lil Nas X
- 2021 - MONTERO
- Little Richard
- 1957 - Here's Little Richard
- Mardi Gras Indians
- 2001 - The Wild Tchoupitoulas
- Biz Markie
- Curtis Mayfield
- 1972 - Super Fly
- MF DOOM
- 2004 - Madvillainy
- Charles Mingus
- 1959 - Mingus Ah Um
- 1963 - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
- 1972 - Let My Children Hear Music
- Janelle Monáe
- 2010 - The ArchAndroid
- Thelonious Monk
- 1957 - Brilliant Corners
- Nas
- 1994- Illmatic
- The Notorious B.I.G.
- 1994 - Ready to Die
- 1997 - Life After Death
- N.W.A
- 1988 - Straight Outta Compton
- Shuggie Otis
- 1971 - Freedom Flight
- 1974 - Inspiration Information
- OutKast
- "Roses"
- Ann Peebles
- 1972 - Straight from the Heart
- 1974 - I Can't Stand the Rain
- Pharoah Sanders
- Prince
- 1979 - Prince (Album)
- 1980 - Dirty Mind
- 1982 - 1999
- 1984 - Purple Rain (album)
- 1985 - Around the World in a Day
- 1986 - Parade
- 1987 - Sign o' the Times
- 1989 - Batman (1989)
- Playboy Carti
- 2018 - Die Lit
- Public Enemy
- The Quintet
- 1953 - Jazz at Massey Hall
- R. Kelly
- Otis Redding
- 1965 - Otis Blue
- Res
- 2001 - How I Do
- The Roots
- 1993 - Organix
- 2006 - Game Theory
- 2011 - undun
- Run–D.M.C.
- 1984 - Run–D.M.C. (Album)
- 1985 - King of Rock
- 1986 - Raising Hell
- Schoolly D
- 1985 - Schoolly D (Album)
- 1986 - Saturday Night! – The Album
- Travis Scott
- 2015 - Rodeo
- serpentwithfeet
- 2018 - soil
- Tupac Shakur
- 1991 - 2Pacalypse Now
- 1993 - Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...
- 1995 - Me Against the World
- 1996 - All Eyez on Me
- 1996 - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
- Sonny Sharrock
- 1986 - Guitar
- 1991 - Ask the Ages
- Slick Rick
- Sly and the Family Stone
- 1969 - Stand!
- 1971 - There's a Riot Goin' On
- Jimmy Smith
- 1959 - Home Cookin'
- Solange
- 2016 - A Seat at the Table
- Donna Summer
- 1977 - I Remember Yesterday
- 1979 - Bad Girls
- Sun Ra
- Earl Sweatshirt
- 2018 - Some Rap Songs
- TLC
- 1994 - CrazySexyCool
- A Tribe Called Quest
- 1991 - The Low End Theory
- 1996 - Beats, Rhymes and Life
- Tina Turner
- 1984 - Private Dancer
- Allen Toussaint
- 1975 - Southern Nights
- TV On The Radio
- 2006 - Return to Cookie Mountain
- Tyler, the Creator
- 2015 - Cherry Bomb
- 2019 - IGOR
- Usher
- 2004 - Confessions
- Sarah Vaughan
- 1954 - Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown
- 1961 - After Hours
- 1973 - Live in Japan
- Kamasi Washington
- 2015 - The Epic
- Muddy Waters
- 1968 - The Anthology (1947–1972)
- Kanye West
- 2004 - The College Dropout
- 2010 - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
- 2013 - Yeezus
- 2016 - The Life of Pablo
- Kanye West and Kid Cudi
- 2018 - Kids See Ghosts
- Stevie Wonder
- 1972 - Talking Book
- 1973 - Innervisions
- 1976 - Songs in the Key of Life
Record Labels
Podcasts
Television Networks
Theatre
- Between Riverside and Crazy
- Dreamgirls
- Driving Miss Daisy
- Fairview
- Fences
- Fetch Clay, Make Man
- For Colored Girls
- The Great White Hope
- In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue
- MJ
- No Place to Be Somebody
- Passing Strange
- The Piano Lesson
- Porgy and Bess
- A Raisin in the Sun
- A Soldier's Play
- Some Like It Hot
- A Strange Loop
- The Wiz
Video Games
- 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
- Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
- Blade
- Catwoman
- Def Jam Series
- Dot's Home
- Forspoken
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Mafia III
- Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
- Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City
- [PROTOTYPE 2]
- Shaq Fu
- Shadow Man
- Spawn: Armageddon
- Spawn: In the Demon's Hand
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- True Crime: New York City
- Urban Chaos
- Watch_Dogs 2
Visual Novels
- Crown Delights Deli
- Gangsters in Love (Irving's route)
- Havenfall Is for Lovers (Mackenzie's route)
- Kisses And Curses (Melanie and Ty's routes)
- Lovestruck Shorts (Drawn Together, My Siren Crush)
- My Siren Crush (Afro-Jamaican-American protagonist)
- Queen of Thieves (Zoe's route)
- Speakeasy Tonight (Julius' route)
- ValiDate: Struggling Singles In Your Area
- Villainous Nights
Web Animation
Webcomics
- Agents of the Realm
- He's Harmless, I Swear!: One of the two protagonists is African-American(implied to be of Haitian descent).
- Shot and Chaser: The story of a trans African-American man in Texas during the COVID-19 Pandemic, chasing storms with his friend while they're both struggling financially.
- Vibe
- Vixen: NYC: Stars a version of Vixen who is Ghanaian-American.
Web Video
Western Animation
- Ada Twist, Scientist (as well as the book it was based on): Black lead whose family members are prominent characters.
- Black Dynamite
- Black Panther
- The Boondocks
- The Bravest Knight
- C-Bear and Jamal
- Central Park
- Class of 3000
- The Cleveland Show
- Craig of the Creek
- Da Boom Crew
- Doc McStuffins
- Entergalactic
- The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (Co-lead character George Beard is African-American)
- Esme & Roy
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- Fatherhood
- Fillmore!
- Freaknik: The Musical
- Fright Krewe
- Gabby’s Dollhouse
- Gargoyles: One of the central characters in the show is half Native American (mostly Hopi) and half African-American (specifically, Nigerian-American).
- The Gary Coleman Show
- The Harlem Globetrotters
- Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh
- The Jackson 5ive
- John Henry
- John Henry and the Inky-Poo
- Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts: The protagonist is half-Korean and half-Black while the other two main characters are both black.
- The LeBrons
- The Legend of John Henry
- Legends of Chamberlain Heights
- Little Bill
- Magical Girl Friendship Squad
- Men in Black: The Series
- Mike Tyson Mysteries
- Mister T
- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023)
- My Dad the Bounty Hunter
- Nella the Princess Knight: Afro-Latina protagonist.
- Neo Yokio
- "Nubian vs Nubian": The Boys: Diabolical
- Our Friend Martin
- The Owl House: The protagonist is Afro-Latina.
- The PJs
- The Proud Family
- The Secret Saturdays
- Static Shock
- Station Zero
- Thugaboo
- Todd McFarlane's Spawn
- Transformers: EarthSpark
- Vixen
- Waynehead
- "What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?": What If…? (2021)
- Young Love (2023)
