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African American

The term was made popular during the 1980's by Jesse Jackson when he used it in front of a national audience.
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SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American

There are more than 37 million people in the United States who have majority African ancestry that may or may not use the term "African American" :
First Lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Condoleezza Rice, Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Will Smith, Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson, Vivica A. Fox,

by yarnkitten2 January 22, 2012