African-American

C13763
concept

African-American refers to a Black person in the United States who has ancestral origins in Africa, often specifically linked to the historical experiences and cultural heritage of the African diaspora in America.

All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
African American character 6
African-American canonical 5
African-American person 3

Instances (35)

Instance Via concept surface
Thomas Day
Joshua Dunbar
T. P. Gibson African American character
Claudia MacTeer African American girl
Frieda MacTeer African American girl
Etta Moten African-American actress
Julia Agnes Washington Bond
Eugene Williams African-American person
Augustus Tolton African-American Roman Catholic
Cape Verdean American American of African descent
Clarence Rivers African-American Catholic
Beneatha Younger African American character
Jesse B. Semple African American everyman
Caleb Proudhammer African American character
Etheridge Knight African-American poet
Leo Proudhammer African American actor
Dr. John Prentice African American character
Tom Joyner
Crooks African American character
Rufus Scott Black American man
Geechee people African American ethnic group
Joe Mack African American defendant
Alice Shepard African-American person
The Nicholas Brothers African-American entertainers
Geechee African American ethnic group
Maulana Karenga
Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison African American actor
Roland Wiltse Hayes African American musician
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Quincy, Illinois
surface form: Augustus Tolton
African-American Roman Catholic
James Reese Europe African American musician
Nanny Logan Delany
surface form: Delany sisters
African-American sisters
Melvin Walker African American person
William O’Neal African-American person
Tod Clifton African American character
Bob Cole African-American composer