African American
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See also: African-American
English
Adjective
African American (comparative more African American, superlative most African American)
- Alternative spelling of African-American
Translations
African-American — see African-American
Noun
African American (plural African Americans)
- Alternative spelling of African-American
- 2021-2022 Winter, “A Descendant of President Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings”, in SAR Magazine, volume 116, number 3, Louisville, KY: Sons of the American Revolution, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9, columns 1, 2:
- She is also a descendant of our nation's third president, Thomas Jefferson, and his enslaved mistress, Sally Hemings.[...]
She holds the profound honor of being the first African American employed at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.[...]
Hemings (1773-1835) is one of the most famous—and least known—African American women in U.S. history.
Translations
African-American — see African-American