The purpose of this study was to introduce a measure for the recognition of emotion in the facial expressions of African American adults. Posed and spontaneousfacial expressions ofAfrican American adults were photographed. A social norming approach was used to select 32 photographs of the following high-and low-intensity emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, and fear All were equally represented by male and female faces. Construct validity evidence from both African American and European American subjects was presented in support of the measure.