Black Belt may refer to:

Martial arts

Black belt (martial arts) In East Asian martial arts, the black belt is associated with expertise, but may indicate only competence, depending on the martial art. The use of colored belts is a relatively recent invention dating from the 1880s. Origin The systematic use ...

, an indication of attainment of expertise in martial arts * ''Black Belt'' (magazine), a magazine covering martial arts news, technique, and notable individuals

Places

Black Belt in the American South The Black Belt in the American South refers to the social history, especially concerning slavery and black workers, of the geological region known as the Black Belt. The geology emphasizes the highly fertile black soil. Historically, the bla ...

, A region of highly fertile black soil in the American South that was the center of slavery, and continues to have a large black population into the 21st century *

Black Belt (geological formation) Black Belt is a physical geography term referring to a roughly crescent-shaped geological formation of dark fertile soil in the Southern United States. It is about long and up to wide in ca. east-west orientation, mostly in central Alabama an ...

, geological formation of dark fertile soil in the Southern United States **

Black Belt (region of Alabama) The Black Belt is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama. The term originally referred to the region's rich, black soil, much of it in the soil order Vertisols. The term took on an additional meaning in the 19th century, when the region was dev ...

, a geographic and socio-political region of Alabama *

Black Belt (region of Chicago) The history of African Americans in Chicago or Black Chicagoans dates back to Jean Baptiste Point du Sable’s trading activities in the 1780s. Du Sable, the city's founder, was Haitian of African and French descent. Fugitive slave ...

, a historical region in Chicago, Illinois, in the South Side area

Entertainment

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Black Belt Jones ''Black Belt Jones'' is a 1974 American blaxploitation martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and starring Jim Kelly and Gloria Hendry. The film is a spiritual successor to Clouse's prior film ''Enter the Dragon'', in which Kelly had a sup ...

'', a 1974 action film * ''Black Belt'' (1978 film), an Indian Malayalam film * ''Black Belt'' (2007 film), a Japanese film, also known as ''Kuro-obi'' * ''Black Belt'' (video game), game for Sega Master System based on the anime ''Fist of the North Star'' * Black Belt (''8-bit Theatre''), a character in the webcomic ''8-bit Theatre''

Military

* Operation Black Belt, Israeli code name for the November 2019 Gaza clashes {{disambiguation, geo