Afro-american


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Historical Examples

The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
Southern Horrors Ida B. Wells-Barnett

So must we train ourselves to say the right name, “Afro-American.”
Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading Various

To the Afro-American the South says, “the white man must and will rule.”
Southern Horrors Ida B. Wells-Barnett

He, too, is a great writer in defense of the Afro-American race.
The Black Man, the Father of Civilization James Morris Webb

In the creation of this healthier public sentiment, the Afro-American can do for himself what no one else can do for him.
Southern Horrors Ida B. Wells-Barnett

On March 9, 1892, there were lynched in this same city three of the best specimens of young since-the-war Afro-American manhood.
Southern Horrors Ida B. Wells-Barnett

The Afro-American convention is to meet on the 22d; that’s Thursday of next week.
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Paul Laurence Dunbar

There was no law on the statute books which would execute an Afro-American for wounding a white man, but the “unwritten law” did.
Southern Horrors Ida B. Wells-Barnett

To say “Afro-American” is to reunite us to our forefathers, both by blood and language.
Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading Various

The Afro-American himself did not know as he should have known as his journals should be in a position to have him know and act.
Southern Horrors Ida B. Wells-Barnett

noun, adjective
another word for African-American

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