Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An African American.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or composed of persons of African descent born in America (specifically in the United States): as, an Afro-American church; Afro-American citizens.
- noun A native of America (specifically of the United States) who is of African descent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an American whose ancestors were born in Africa.
- adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry or their history or culture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A resident of the United States who is of
African heritage. - adjective Of African American heritage or culture
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
- adjective pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another important collection giving the historical perspective of black women was that edited by Sharon Harley and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn entitled The Afro-American Women 1978.
Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob 1967
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Another important collection giving the historical perspective of black women was that edited by Sharon Harley and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn entitled The Afro-American Women 1978.
Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob 1967
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"Homosexuals are not a minority nor can they be classified as a minority, they want us to consider them a minority so they can clam minority status such as Afro-American's Hispanics or native American's but they cant however let them go ahead and try they will not prevail.
unknown title 2009
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Reports that most of the rioters were Italian Americans were affirmed by the Baltimore Afro-American, one of the leading national black newspapers, which identified them as “8,000 frenzied, blood-thirsty descendants of immigrants from the Mediterranean area of Europe.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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People here think things are improving for the Afro-American.
Matthew Yglesias » Ethnocentrism and Small Government Hypocrisy 2010
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What I see as representing racism in the Party is the political calculation that Obama would allow the Party to continue receiving 90? percent of the Afro-American vote while allowing the leadership to push Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and their irritating demands off the stage. cmholm Says:
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The Afro-American reported that "A trio of Washington Wizards was in attendance as John Wall, Andray Blatche and JaVale McGee all sat courtside to witness Howard's final home game of the 2011 season."
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And yet 45 years later, the Democratic Party thinks “civil rights” consists of having a few tokens like Ophra and an Afro-American President like Barack Obama.
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After all, Obama exists because the Plutocrats thought that giving us a token Afro-American President might divert us from our anger over the Wall Street Looting and Second Great Depression.
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But the DNC says an Afro-American did it, so any criticism is racist.
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