Index of articles related to African Americans

An African American is a citizen or resident of the United States.[1] The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States.[2][3] but can also signify anyone who has origins in any of the black populations of Africa.[4] African American-related topics include:

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References

  1. ^ "Measuring Racial and Ethnic Diversity for the 2020 Census". The United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 30, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  2. ^ Locke, Don C.; Bailey, Deryl F. (2013). Increasing Multicultural Understanding. Sage Publications. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-4833-1421-1. Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2018. African American refers to descendants of enslaved Black people who are from the United States. The reason we use an entire continent (Africa) instead of a country (e.g., Irish American) is because slave masters purposefully obliterated tribal ancestry, language, and family units in order to destroy the spirit of the people they enslaved, thereby making it impossible for their descendants to trace their history prior to being born into slavery.
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  4. ^ McKinnon, Jesse. "The Black Population: 2000 United States Census Bureau" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 22, 2007.
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