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The largest minority group in Virginia are Blacks and African Americans, about one-fifth of the population.<ref name=race2020/> Virginia was a major destination of the [[Atlantic slave trade]]. The [[Igbo American|Igbo]] ethnic group of what is now southern [[Nigeria]] were the largest African group among slaves in Virginia.<ref>{{harvnb|Pinn|2009|p=175}}; {{harvnb|Chambers|2005|pp=10–14}}</ref> Blacks in Virginia also have more European ancestry than those in other southern states, and DNA analysis shows many have asymmetrical male and female ancestry from before the Civil War, evidence of European fathers and African or Native American mothers.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://psmag.com/news/how-slavery-changed-the-dna-of-african-americans |title= How Slavery Changed the DNA of African Americans |magazine= Pacific Standard |first= Michael |last= White |date= December 20, 2017 |access-date= March 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title= The Genetic Ancestry of African Americans, Latinos, and European Americans across the United States |first1= Katarzyna |last1= Bryc |first2= Eric Y. |last2= Durand |first3= J. Michael |last3= Macpherson |first4= David |last4= Reich |first5= Joanna L. |last5= Mountain |journal= American Journal of Human Genetics |doi= 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.11.010 |pmid= 25529636 |date= January 8, 2015 |volume = 96|issue = 1|pages = 37–53|pmc = 4289685|doi-access= free}}</ref> Though the Black population was reduced by the [[Great Migration (African American)|Great Migration]] to northern industrial cities in the first half of the 20th century, since 1965 there has been a reverse migration of Blacks [[New Great Migration|returning south]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2004/05demographics_frey/20040524_Frey.pdf |first=William H. |last=Frey |title=The New Great Migration: Black Americans' Return to the South, 1965–2000 |journal=The Living Cities Census Series |date=May 2004 |pages=1–3 |access-date=September 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103165633/http://www3.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2004/05demographics_frey/20040524_Frey.pdf |archive-date=November 3, 2007}}</ref> The Commonwealth has the highest number of Black-white [[Interracial marriage in the United States|interracial marriages in the US]],<ref name=blackwhite>{{cite news|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/news/article_107293b2-cb53-5d2f-8b38-aca42251c6e3.html|title=Virginia ranks highest in U.S. for black-white marriages|newspaper=The Virginian-Pilot|date=March 17, 2012|first=Denise M.|last=Watson|access-date=April 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421082321/http://hamptonroads.com/2012/03/virginia-ranks-highest-us-blackwhite-marriages|archive-date=April 21, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and 8.2% of Virginians describe themselves as [[Multiracial people|multiracial]].<ref name=QuickFacts/>

[[File:345th Tax Tribute Ceremony, Richmond - 11-23-22 - 028.jpg|thumb|Governor [[Glenn Youngkin]] receiving a ceremonial tribute from representatives of the [[Mattaponi]] and [[Pamunkey]] tribes, a Thanksgiving tradition since 1677.<ref name=taxtribute/>|alt=An older white man in a dark blue blazer smiles as he is presented with a dead deer hanging upside down held by two men in contemporary Native American attire.]]