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As for black cats in general, I have three:

Spooky, who is all black exc. for a couple of white hairs on his neck and a belly patch. Part Persian, ginormous and has three distinct layers of fur. His eyelids, whiskers and nose and all the skin parts on his face are totally black, so in the dark, all you can see is a tiny light green halo from his eyes...he really lives up to his name then, lol. He's a big old affectionate bear, but he can get grumpy sometimes. He HATES having his nails clipped and I have the scars to prove it! He loves being brushed, but his hair mats easily, and he gets testy when you try to remove them. I bought this thing called a "Furminator" and over the course of a week last fall I got most of his undercoat removed. Now, he gets a lot less mats but when he sees that brush, he growls and runs away, lol.

Sisko, who is a typical black/white tuxedo and part Maine Coon. He's more sneaky than anything else, very quiet...and it's always the quiet ones, isn't it? He's actually the most tolerant, a little emo now and then but overall the most even-tempered cat. Whines when he doesn't get his way or you try to clip his claws.

Pocky, a mostly black torti-and-white cat. She's still pretty young; she'll be 2 in April. Very active, tolerates being held but would rather not be (unlike the other two, who love human contact). If you read the epic posts I made in the intro thread, you can read about her own sport, Pocky Hockey. Very fiesty to the other cats, but she seems to be playing -- only they don't see it that way at all!

So Spooky is really my only all black cat, but I don't know if he's typical or not. I have friends who have slinky little all black cats, and they're all a little wild/very active.

Here's a direct link to the Best Friends' page article on the black pitbulls rescued from the Michael Vick fighting operation:

Why are the black dogs more scared?