African American

A term used to describe American citizens whose ancestors came from Sub-Saharan Africa.

The term has been adopted in the United States since the 1970s as the politically correct term for black Americans.

The term is subject to accidental or intentional misuse in that it defines a group both in terms of race and in terms of citizenship. This can make clear discussion of topics related to race difficult. When speaking specifically of black United States citizens, the term is correct, but when speaking of all black people, that term is preferable.

Wikipedia is not a dictionary but this page could be a good index page to stuff of specific interest, such as:

• [African american art]?
• [African american history]?
• [African american music]?

etc.