SINCE 1828
African American
noun
variants:
or African-American \ ˌa-fri-kə-nə-ˈmer-ə-kən 
, -ˈme-rə- also ˌä- \
, -ˈme-rə- also ˌä- \
Definition of African American
: an American of African and especially of black African descent
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