African-American

Notable African-Americans

Meanings

Adjective

American and black.
Of black-African descent.
Of or pertaining to the culture of African-American people.

Noun

A black American.
Any black person.

Origin

Patterned on forms such as Irish-American, popularized by Jesse Jackson and in common use since the late 1980s.

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