found: Work cat.: Fryer, P. Black people in the British Empire, 2021(OCoLC)1247944144
found: King, D. Why we don't call people "blacks" and "whites", Dec. 22, 2016, via SplinterNews, viewed Mar. 19, 2021("The core problem with 'a' black and 'a' white is that they imply there's a word missing--person. A black person. A white person. It's the grammatical equivalent of de-personization, or dehumanization: Person is gone. Race is all;" "The split second it takes to expand 'blacks' and 'whites' into 'black people' and 'white people' is a small price to pay for accurately characterizing people's lives")
found: Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History (ed. by C. A. Palmer), 2nd ed., 2006:Introduction (blacks)
found: Encyclopedia of Black Studies, edited by Molefi Kete Asante, and Mambo Ama Mazama, 2004 :Introduction p. xxv ("This is not merely an encyclopedia of black culture or an encyclopedia of black people...")
found: Merriam-Webster WWW, viewed on May 20, 2021:("Black or less commonly black : a) : a person belonging to any of various population groups of especially African ancestry often considered as having dark pigmentation of the skin but in fact having a wide range of skin colors ... b) : African American ... Note: Use of the noun Black in the singular to refer to a person is considered offensive. The plural form Blacks is still commonly used by Black people and others to refer to Black people as a group or community, but the plural form too is increasingly considered offensive, and most style guides advise writers to use Black people rather than Blacks when practical.") - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black
found: National Association of Black Journalists. Style guide WWW, viewed on June 28, 2021:African, African American, Black ("In news copy, aim to use Black as an adjective, not a noun. Also, when describing a group, use Black people instead of just 'Blacks.'")