Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A black American of African ancestry.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
African-American . - noun Alternative spelling of
African-American .
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Examples
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I do have a question - does your birth certificate say African American on it because by my calculations when you were born the term African American was not being used - my Dad was in the Air Force and he said he never heard the term African American being used at the time you were born - can you explain that one!
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I do have a question - does your birth certificate say African American on it because by my calculations when you were born the term African American was not being used - my Dad was in the Air Force and he said he never heard the term African American being used at the time you were born - can you explain that one!
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I do have a question - does your birth certificate say African American on it because by my calculations when you were born the term African American was not being used - my Dad was in the Air Force and he said he never heard the term African American being used at the time you were born - can you explain that one!
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I do have a question - does your birth certificate say African American on it because by my calculations when you were born the term African American was not being used - my Dad was in the Air Force and he said he never heard the term African American being used at the time you were born - can you explain that one!
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"When I mentioned the term African American, Marilyn grimaced and said," I cringe when people refer to me as an African American.
Right Wing News 2009
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I do have a question - does your birth certificate say African American on it because by my calculations when you were born the term African American was not being used - my Dad was in the Air Force and he said he never heard the term African American being used at the time you were born - can you explain that one!
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One reader of an online column by an Argentine journalist who referred to the president-elect as a negro -- the term African American is seldom used south of the border -- posted a comment saying, ` ` Enough of using the word negro. ''
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When did Hawaii stop refering to people's race as African and use the new term African American?
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Years later Langston eventually introduced me to two women who assisted us in the development of our black musicians' organization, which we called the African American
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Years later Langston eventually introduced me to two women who assisted us in the development of our black musicians' organization, which we called the African American
NPR Topics: News 2010
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