page_title: Lists of African Americans
section_title: Singers and musicians
hierarchical_section_title: Lists of African Americans / Singers and musicians
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le trompettiste américain de jazz Dizzy Gillespie en concert à Deauville (Normandie, France) le 20 juillet 1991.
context_page_description: This is a list of African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans. African Americans an ethnic group and citizens of the United States who have full or partial ancestry of any black racial groups of Africa; Black and African Americans form the third largest racial and ethnic group in the United States, behind White Americans and Hispanic and Latino Americans. African Americans are descendants of enslaved black people who are from the United States.
  To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is African-American.
caption: Dizzy Gillespie
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "DIZZY GILLESPIE . TROMPETTISTE AMERICAIN . JAZZ . SWING IN DEAUVILLE . 20 JUILLET 1991 .", "Image Artist": "ROLAND GODEFROY"}