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African Americans

Ethnic and cultural group in the United States


African Americans
African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans, formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial or ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the US after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States.

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