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Black Pyramid Located in the pyramid field at Dahshur, the so-called Black Pyramid of Amenemhat III is now little more than a ruined rubble mound. Originally called Amenemhat is mighty, it was constructed with a core of mud-bricks, and encased in limestone – but the usual internal stone structures were not used, and this may be the reason for its eventual collapse.
Black rage (law) In the USA, black rage refers to the innovative defense proposed, but not used, for the Colin Ferguson mass murder trial. Ferguson's lawyers argued that he should not be held criminally liable, for actions which broke the law, because he was overcome with rage at society's racist discrimination against African-Americans.
Black rice Black rice is one of several black-colored heirloom plants producing rice variants such as Indonesian Black Rice, forbidden rice, or wild rice. High in nutritional and medicinal value, forbidden rice is rich in iron and considered a blood tonifier.
Black rot Black rot is the most serious disease of crucifer crops world wide when environmental conditions are favorable. The disease affects primarily aboveground parts of plants at any stage of growth and causes high yield and quality losses, especially in tropical and subtropical regions during the rainy season.
Black rot (grape) Grape black rot, Guignardia bidwellii, is a fungus and fungal disease, which attacks grape vines especially during hot and humid weather conditions. The name comes from the black fringe that borders growing brown patches on the leaves.
Black roughscale catshark The black roughscale catshark, Apristurus melanoasper, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the northwest Atlantic slope, off the northern United States, and northeast Atlantic off France, Ireland and the British Isles, at depths of between 510 and 1,520 m. Its length is up to 76 cm.
Black Radical Congress The Black Radical Congress or BRC is an organization founded in 1998 in Chicago. It is a grassroots network of individuals and organizations of African descent focused on advocating for broad progressive social justice, racial justice and economic justice goals within the United States.
Black Radical Mk II Black Radical Mk II is a British hip hop artist from South London, real name Felix Joseph (born 1971). He was one of the pioneers of the British scene, releasing his first single in 1987 and continuing to release records until 1998.
Black Rail The Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) is a mouse-sized member of the Rallidae family of birds. It is found in scattered parts of North America and the Pacific region of South America, usually in coastal salt marshes but also in some freshwater marshes.
Black Randy Black Randy, born as John Morris, was the legendary leader of west coast art-punk soul band Black Randy And The Metrosquad. He was well known for irrational frustrating antics, infantilism, practical jokes involving feces, and bizarre punk songs about gay prostitution, drugs, and Marlon Brando.
Black Range The Black Range (also called the Mimbres Mountains) is an igneous mountain range running north-south in Sierra and Grant counties in west-central New Mexico, in the southwestern United States. Its central ridge forms the western and eastern borders, respectively, of the two counties through much of their contact.
Black Rat The Black rat (Rattus rattus, also known as the Asian black rat, ship rat, roof rat or house rat) is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus (Old World rodents) and the subfamily murinae (murine rodents). The species originated in tropical Asia and spread through the Near East in Roman times before reaching Europe in the 8th Century and spreading with Europeans across the world.
Black Reel Awards The Black Reel Awards began in 2000 and were designed to annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of African-Americans in feature, independent and television films. Awards range from the art of character portrayals to the artistry displayed behind the camera.
Black Repartition Black Repartition (Чёрный передел in Russian, or Chyornyi peredel; also known as Black Partition), Party of Socialists-Federalists, a revolutionary populist organization in Russia in the early 1880s.
Black Report The Black report was a 1980 document published by the Department of Health and Social Security (now the Department of Health) in the United Kingdom, which was the report of the expert committee into health inequality chaired by Sir Douglas Black. It was fundamental in demonstrating that although overall health had improved since the introduction of the welfare state, there were widespread health inequalities.
Black Republican (song) The expected third single from Nas's eighth album, Hip-Hop Is Dead. While it particularly isn't written in stone that it is the third single, many fan-polled sites are considering that this be the third single.
Black Rhinoceros The Black Rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis also colloquially Black Rhino is a mammal in the order Perissodactyla, native to the eastern and central areas of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Although the Rhino is referred to as a "Black" creature, it is actually more of a grey-white colour in appearance.
Black Rider (comics) The Black Rider is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. His real name is Doc Masters, mild mannered doctor in the Old West of Marvel Comics who is secretly the masked cowboy adventurer The Black Rider.
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness The Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness is located in western Colorado and eastern Utah, USA, within the arid Colorado Plateau region approximately 15 miles (25 kilometers) west of Grand Junction, Colorado. The wilderness lies on the northwest flank of the Uncompahgre Plateau.
Black River (Arkansas) The Black River is a tributary of the White River, about 300 mi (480 km) long in southeastern Missouri] and northeastern [[Arkansas in the United States. Via the White River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
Black River (New York) The Black River is a river that empties into the eastern end of Lake Ontario on the shore of Jefferson County, New York in the United States of America. The origin of the name is not clear, but it may stem from the tannic acid that darkens the water in places.
Black River (Ohio) The Black River is a tributary of Lake Erie, about 12 mi (19 km) long, in northern Ohio in the United States.Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Via Lake Erie, the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, it is part of the watershed of the St.
Black River (South Carolina) The Black River is a blackwater river in South Carolina in the United States. It originates at the conjunction of several minor swamps just to the south of the city of Bishopville, flowing southeasterly on the coastal plain of South Carolina to empty into the Pee Dee River north of Georgetown.
Black River (Washington) The Black River of Thurston County, Washington drains Black Lake (3 miles west of Tumwater) southwest to the Chehalis River. The Black River Unit of the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge extends about 5 miles along the river immediately south of Black Lake.
Black River Public School Black River Public School is a college preparatory charter school located in Holland, Michigan with a young history. In the community, it is known for its small class sizes, its emphasis on experiential education and independent thinking.
Black Rock '5' Race The Black Rock "5" Race, commonly referred to as the Black Rock "5" or the Black Rock Race is a road and beach running race of about 4.5 miles that has been held each year in Kinghorn, Scotland, since 1987.
Black Rock Arts Foundation The Black Rock Arts Foundation was established May of 2001 in order to promote public, community-based art installations. It is a not-for-profit organization, founded by several people who also direct Burning Man.
Black Rock City, LLC Black Rock City, LLC is the organization behind the annual Burning Man festival ending Labor Day weekend in early September, on the playa of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. It does the necessary year-round behind-the-scenes work, sells tickets, obtains permits, holds title to the nearby ranch used as a staging area, employs full-time and temporary staff, etc.
Black Rock Desert The Black Rock Desert is a dry lake bed in northwestern Nevada in the United States. Considered one of the flattest surfaces on the earth, the desert is part of the extended playa of the lake bed of prehistoric Lake Lahontan, which existed between 20,000 and 9,000 years ago during the last ice age.
Black Rock Gorge Black Rock Gorge is a deep and narrow cleavage in Old Red Sandstone conglomerate through which flows the Allt Graad in Easter Ross, Scotland. It was caused by rapids heavily burdened with sediment being carried upwards as part of the great Post-glacial rebound.
Black Rock Press - University of Nevada, Reno The Black Rock Press was founded by Kenneth Carpenter in 1965. It is named after a landmark in the Black Rock Desert, Humboldt County, northern Nevada, that guided emigrants traveling to Oregon and Califorina on the Applegate Trail in the mid-19th century.
Black Rock Ranger A Black Rock Ranger, often referred to simply as a Ranger, is a volunteer non-confrontational community mediator who, along with conventional law enforcement officials, works to maintain order and safety at Burning Man. Rangers are drawn from a broad cross-section of the Burner community, and undergo training to qualify as Rangers.
Black Rock Yacht Club Black Rock Yacht Club is a Yacht club for off-the-beach sailing boats (mostly dinghies) on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, seventeen kilometres south of Melbourne, Australia. The club was founded in 1904 and has a proud history of Olympic, world and Australian champions.
Black Rock, Buffalo, New York Black Rock, once an independent community, is now a neighborhood of the northwest section of the city of Buffalo, New York. In the 1820s, Black Rock was the rival of Buffalo for the terminus of the Erie Canal, but Buffalo, with its larger harbor capacity and greater distance from the shores of a Canada, a recent antagonist during the War of 1812, won the competition.
Black Rock, Victoria Black Rock () lies on the shoreline of Port Phillip Bay about 18km south east of Melbourne, and is located in the heart of the City of Bayside local government area. The suburb was named after Black Rock House, a grand residence build by Charles Hotson Ebden in 1856, who had taken the name from Black Rock, Dublin.
Black Rocks The Black Rocks is a small outcrop of dark-ish gritstone, in between Cromford and Wirksworth, situated in the Derbyshire Peak District (Landranger map 119), England. Parking is available for walking along the old railway path (see Cromford and High Peak Railway) and up to the top of the crag, and there is a picnic area.
Black Rod The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, generally shortened to just Black Rod, is an official in the parliaments of a number of Commonwealth countries. The position originates in the House of Lords of the British Parliament.
Black Rose (grape) Black Rose is a rare table grape developed in 1941. Parentage: (Damas Rose X Black Monukka) X Ribier (Alphonse Lavallee), all Vitis vinifera varieties From Brooks and Harold Olmo], "Cluster: large, conical.
Black Rose (Cher album) Black Rose was an album released on Casablanca Records in 1980 by a group consisting of Cher (vocals), Les Dudek (guitar, backing vocals), Gary Ferguson (drums), Michael Finnigan (keyboard, backing vocals), Warren Hamm (backing vocals), Ron "Rocket" Ritchotte (guitars, backing vocals) and Trey Thompson (bass).
Black Rose: 20 Years Ago King Diamond & Black Rose 20 Years Ago (A Night of Rehearsal) is an album released as a King Diamond album. In fact it is a rehearsal tape of a pre-Mercyful Fate band featuring King Diamond on vocals, named Black Rose.
Black Rubric Black Rubric: The popular name for the declaration enjoining kneeling at the end of the order for the administration of the Lord's Supper in the prayer-book of the Church of England, so called because it was printed in black letter in the prayer-book as revised by William Sancroft in 1661. It is not, strictly speaking, a rubric at all as it is intended for the direction of the people and not for the officiating clergy.
Black Russian Terrier The Black Russian Terrier (or simply BRT) is a breed of dog developed originally as a guard dog and police dog. It is rare outside its native country and is just starting to be recognized elsewhere; for example, it is one of the AKC's most-recently recognized breeds, gaining full status in July of 2004.
Black salsify The black salsify or Spanish salsify, also known as black oyster plant, serpent root, viper's grass or simply Scorzonera, is a perennial member of the sunflower family (Asteraceae), cultivated as a root vegetable in the same way as some of the members of the salsify genus Tragopogon, to which it is closely related.
Black salt Black salt (Hindi काला नमक kala namak) is an unrefined table salt with a strong sulphurous taste derived from the mixture of sulphur compounds with it. Although it is indeed blackish as mined, the powder is more a light purple color.
Black saxpence The black saxpence (sixpence) was supposed in Scottish superstition to be a magical sixpence given by the Devil in payment for the soul of the person who accepted it. The virtue of this "black" sixpence consisted in its always having a bright sixpence alongside of it; that as soon as it was taken away and spent, it was replaced by another, and so on until the crack of doom.
Black separatism Black separatism is a separatist political movement that seeks a separate homeland for black people, particularly African-Americans. Parallel to white separatism, there also exists a similarly politically marginal black separatist movement, particularly in the United States.
Black sesame soup Black sesame soup ([pinyin: zhī má hú; literally "sesame paste") is a popular Chinese dessert that can be widely found throughout China]. In [[Cantonese cuisine, it is a form of tong sui, or sweet soup.
Black sex link Sex Links (both red and black) are poultry whose sex can be easily determined upon hatching. The Black Sex Link female hatches out a solid black while the males are black with a white spot on the top of their heads.
Black sheep (psychology) In psychology, a black sheep is the member of a rigidly triangulated family who holds the rest tightly together by being identified as the bad/sick/deviant one who causes all the family problems. In this situation, the rule enforcer in the family is charged with the job of controlling the black sheep from revealing the family secrets - which often involve incest or alcoholism.
Black sheep (term) Black sheep is a derogatory colloquialism in the English language meaning an outsider or one who is different in a way which others disapprove of. This can be someone who has been shunned by others, or one who has chosen to be an outsider, due to actions and aims that separate them from the rest of the people or "flock".
Black site Black site is a military term that has been used by United States intelligence agencies to refer to any classified facility whose existence or true purpose is officially denied by the US government. Recently the term has gained notoriety in describing secret prisons, generally outside of the mainland U.
Black slug The black slug (sometimes black arion, European black slug, large black slug, or the Northern menace) is a terrestrial slug species found in northern Europe (including Britain) and the Pacific Northwest.Arion ater on Animal diversity web
Black soup The Spartan melas zomos, or black soup, was a staple soup made of boiled pigs' blood, pork, and vinegar. It is thought that the vinegar was used as a sort of preservative to keep the blood from clotting during the cooking process.
Black swallower The black swallower (Chiasmodon niger) is a deep sea fish that has the ability to extend its stomach 3 times its size so that it can swallow fish that are bigger than itself. It can be found in deep seas up to 1,500 meters or in hot tropical waters.
Black swan theory In Nassim Nicholas Taleb's definition, a black swan is a large-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare event beyond the realm of normal expectations. Much of scientific discoveries for him are black swans --"undirected" and unpredicted.
Black Sabbath (film) Black Sabbath (Italian title: I Tre volti della paura) is a 1963 Italian horror film directed by Mario Bava. Boris Karloff, in addition to starring in the wraparound segments, has a role in the third and final story.
Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (1980-1982; 1992) Black Sabbath: The Dio Years will be a compilation CD of material taken from the recordings Ronnie James Dio made with the band - Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules, and Dehumanizer. At this point it seems that no material will be culled from Live Evil, as several sources that have addressed the topic have made no mention whatsoever about it.
Black Saddle Black Saddle is a western TV series that ran from January 10, 1959 to May 6, 1960. It aired on NBC and starred Peter Breck as Clay Culhane, a former gunfighter who turned into a lawyer since his brothers were killed in a shootout.
Black Saddlebags The Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata) is a species of skimmer dragonfly found throughout North America. It has distinctive wings with characteristic black blotches at their proximal ends, which make the dragonfly look as though it is wearing saddlebags.
Black Sage Black Sage (Salvia mellifera) is a small, highly aromatic, evergreen shrub of the genus Salvia (the sages) native to California, USA and Baja California, Mexico. It is common in the coastal sage scrub of Southern California and northern Baja California.
Black Saint/Soul Note Black Saint/Soul Note is a pair of Italian jazz record labels. Black Saint was established in 1975 by Giacomo Pelliciotti and devoted to recording avant-garde musicians who might not have an opportunity elsewhere.
Black Salem Black Salem is a side project of the band HIM, which band members are Lux Airam (Ville Valo), Miguelo (Migé Amour) and Daniel Lioneye (Linde). Black Salem played there six new, unknown and unreleased, HIM songs, "Buried Alive By Love", "Beyond Redemption", "Sweet Pandemonium", "Soul On Fire", "The Sacrament", "The Funeral Of Hearts".
Black Sash The Black Sash was a non-violent white women's resistance organisation founded in 1955 in South Africa by Jean Sinclair. The Black Sash initially campaigned against the removal of Coloured or mixed race voters from the voters' roll in the Cape Province by the National Party government.
Black Saturday (1621) Black Saturday is a term used in Scotland to describe a dark, stormy Saturday that occurred on 4 August 1621. Many regarded the foul weather as a judgment of Heaven against Acts then passed in the Scots Parliament tending to establish Episcopacy.
Black Saturday (1984) Black Saturday is the name given by wrestling fans on July 14, 1984, when Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) took over the Saturday night time slots on Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) that had been home to Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW).
Black Scorpion (City of Villains) Mercenary Ernesto Rodriguez was leading a recon mission to investigate a hidden laboratory where he found and stole an armored suit, becoming the Black Scorpion. The armor gives Rodriguez enhanced strength and a powerful mechanical tail which can launch energy attacks.
Black Screen of Death The black screen of death (BSoD), is either of two things: a failure mode of Microsoft Windows 3.x, or the screen displayed by the OS/2 operating system in the event of either a system error from which it cannot recover or a "hard" error in a program running in "full screen" mode (the former being a serious system failure but the latter being a less serious application failure).
Black Sea The Black Sea is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Anatolia that is actually a distant arm of the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Mediterranean by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara, and to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch.
Black Sea Fleet The Black Sea Fleet (Russian: ЧерноморŃкий флот, transliterated as Chernomorskij Flot) is a large sub-unit of the Russian (and formerly Soviet) Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbours of Russia's Black Sea and Sea of Azov coast.
Black Sea Forum for Partnership and Dialogue The inaugural session of the Black Sea Forum for Partnership and Dialogue (BSF) was held on June 4-6, 2006 in Bucharest. The Forum is a Romanian initiative, tentatively meant to hold annual presidential-level summits (the venues rotating among participant countries) and thematic or sectoral-cooperation meeting during those annual intervals.
Black Sea Germans The Black Sea Germans (German: Schwarzmeerdeutsche) are ethnic Germans who left their homeland in the 18th and 19th centuries, and settled in territories of the northern bank of the Black Sea, mostly in southern Russia. Included in the category of Black Sea Germans are the following groups from the Black Sea area: the Bessarabian Germans, the Dobrujan Germans, and the Bukovina Germans.
Black Sea Naval Co-operation Task Group The Black Sea Naval Co-operation Task Group (BLACKSEAFOR), was created in early 2001 under the leadership of Turkey, with the participation of all other Black Sea littoral states, namely Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia.
Black Sea Studios Black Sea Studios is a Bulgarian video game developer founded in 2001 and based in Sofia. The company is most famous for Knights of Honor, a historical real-time strategy game released for the PC in 2005, and is currently working on an unannounced project.
Black Seminoles The Black Seminoles are descendants of runaway slaves who escaped from coastal South Carolina and Georgia into the Florida wilderness beginning as early as the late 1600s. The runaway slaves joined with various Indian groups escaping into Florida at the same period.
Black September (group) The Black September Organization (BSO) (Arabic:منظمة ŘŁŮŠŮ„ŮŮ„ الأسŮŘŻ) was a Palestinian militant group, founded in 1970. The group's name came from the conflict known as Black September, which began on September 16, 1970, when King Hussein of Jordan declared military rule in response to an attempt by the fedayeen to seize his kingdom, resulting in the deaths or expulsion of thousands of Palestinians from Jordan.
Black September in Jordan September 1970 is known as the Black September in Arab history and sometimes is referred to as the "era of regrettable events." It was a month when Hashemite King Hussein of Jordan moved to squash an attempt by Palestinian organizations to overthrow his monarchy.
Black Shadow (Wild Cards) Black Shadow is a fictional vigilante from the Wild Cards book series, and was created by Walter Jon Williams. He first appeared in the short story "Strings" in the first Wild Cards anthology, and has played a role in several of the later books of the series.
Black Sheep (film) Black Sheep is a 1996 comedy film, directed by Penelope Spheeris (Wayne's World) and starring the comedy duo Chris Farley and David Spade. The film portrays a political contest in which the candidate deals with unwanted and incompetent help from his brother.
Black Sheep (hip hop group) Black Sheep is an alternative hip-hop duo from The Bronx, New York, consisting of Andres "Dres" Titus and William "Mista Lawnge" McLean. They were a part of the Native Tongues Posse, which included The Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul.
Black Sheep Boy Appendix Black Sheep Boy Appendix is an EP by indie band Okkervil River released on November 22, 2005. This mini-album is a continuation of their 2005 release, Black Sheep Boy and is a compilation of unfinished and reworked songs from that album.
Black Ships The Black Ships (in Japanese, é»’čą, kurofune) was the name given to Western vessels arriving in Japan between the 15th and 19th centuries. In particular, it refers to Mississippi, Plymouth, Saratoga, and Susquehanna, that arrived in 1853 at Uraga Harbor (part of present-day Yokosuka) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan under the command of United States Commodore Matthew Perry.
Black Sicklebill The Black Sicklebill, Epimachus fastuosus is a large bird of paradise of midmountain forests of New Guinea. The male has black plumage with an iridescent green, blue and purple scale-like feathers, red iris, bright yellow mouth, long curved black bill, huge sabre-shaped tail and large erectile fan-like plumes on sides of breast.
Black Society Trilogy The Black Society Trilogy refers to the three yakuza centric films directed by Takashi Miike. The films feature many of the same cast and crew and were very important films in the emergence of Miike's career and rise to notoriety.
Black Soft-shell Turtle The black soft-shelled turtle or Bostami turtle (Aspideretes nigricans) is a species of freshwater turtle found in India (Assam) and Bangladesh (Chittagong). Where the species first lived is not known, but now the species survives from a small population (around 400 turtles) in a manmade pond which is part of the Mohammedan shrine in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Black Sparrow Books Black Sparrow Books, formerly known as Black Sparrow Press, is a boutique book publisher founded in 1966 by John Martin of Santa Rosa, California. He founded this company in order to publish the works of avant-garde authors.
Black Speech The Black Speech is the fictional language of Mordor in The Lord of the Rings. Sauron created the Black Speech, as an artificial language, to be the sole language of all the servants of Mordor, replacing the many different varieties of Orkish and other languages used by his servants.
Black Spiral Dancer In the World of Darkness fictional universe produced by White Wolf Game Studio, the Black Spiral Dancers are a tribe of werewolves (or Garou) who have become corrupted by the Wyrm. They draw their name from their own traditions of the Wyrm, and the transfiguring "Rite of Passage" that a Garou must undertake to become a Black Spiral Dancer.
Black Spot (disease) Black Spot or Black Spot of Rose is a disease common to roses, caused by the fungus Diplocarpon rosae. The name of the disease comes from its effect on the plant; it causes black spots to appear on leaves, which eventually yellow and die.
Black Spot (Highway) The Black Spot program is a project of the Australian Government to eliminate safety problems on the roads. It was created in the early 1980s, abolished, then reestablished after a change of government in 1996.
Black Spot (Treasure Island) The Black Spot is a fictional literary device invented by Robert Louis Stevenson for his novel Treasure Island. In the book, a pirate is presented with a "black spot" to officially pronounce a verdict of guilt or judgment.
Black Spring (Kabylie) The Black Spring was a series of violent disturbances and political demonstrations by Berber activists in the Kabylie region of Algeria in 2001, which were met by repressive police measures, and became a potent symbol of Kabyle discontent with the national government. The protests took place against a backdrop of long-standing cultural marginalization of the Berber ethnic minority in Algeria - some 20% of the total population - even if the most rigid Arabization measures of the 1960s through 80s had been lifted.
Black Spruce The Black Spruce (Picea mariana) is a common coniferous tree in North America, ranging from Newfoundland west to Alaska, and south to northern New York, Minnesota and central British Columbia. This area is also known as the Taiga forest.
Black Standard In Shi'a Islam, the Black Standard is a messianic symbol. The tradition reports Muhammad said that the advent of the Mahdi would be signaled by 'Black Standards' proceeding from the north-eastern Iranian province of Khorasan.
Black Star (Babylon 5) The Black Star (Drala Fi' in Minbari) was a Shargoti class warcruiser in the fictional science fiction universe of Babylon 5. Roughly 25% larger than the standard Sharlin Class Warcruiser, the Black Star served as the flag ship of the Minbari Federation fleet until its destruction in the year of 2245.
Black Star (hip hop group) Black Star is an alternative hip hop group formed by MCs Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Affiliated with the group is DJ Hi-Tek, who formed producer/MC duo Reflection Eternal with Kweli for the album Train of Thought and produced a portion of Black Star's debut album.
Black Star Dragon Ball Saga The Black Star Dragon Ball Saga is the start of the Dragon Ball GT series, taking place 5(Daizenshū)/10(FUNimation) years after the end of Dragon Ball Z. This is also the part of the series that tried to recapture the spirit of Dragon Ball with its more comical adventurous tone rather than the serious nature of Dragon Ball Z.
Black Star Line The Black Star Line was a shipping line incorporated by Marcus Garvey, who organized the UNIA (United Negro Improvement Association). The Black Star Line derived its name from the White Star Line, a line whose success Garvey felt he could duplicate, which would become a standard of his Back-to-Africa movement.
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" is a song by the American political rap group Public Enemy from their 1988 sophomore album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. The song is built on a high-pitched piano sample from the Isaac Hayes song "Hot Buttered Soul.
Black Storks (Mujahideen) Black Storks were part of Pakistan Army's Special Services Group (SSG) that dressed up as Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan war. They were then flown into Afghanistan and provided the Mujahideen with support.
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