African Americans

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African Americans

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Also known as African American people, African American, African-American, Afro-Americans, Black Americans, Black or African American, Black Americans and Afro-Americans

Americans with sub-Saharan African ancestry

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African Americans are Americans whose ancestors came from sub-Saharan Africa, primarily through the forced migration of enslaved people and subsequent immigration. This group's history and ongoing experiences have significantly shaped American culture, politics, and society.

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Research

95,497 papers

Hypertension in African Americans.ReviewCurrent cardiology reports · 2017Musemwa N, Gadegbeku CADOI: 10.1007/s11886-017-0933-z
Update on hypertension in African-Americans.ReviewProgress in cardiovascular diseases · 2020Maraboto C, Ferdinand KCDOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2019.12.002
Stroke in African Americans.ReviewNeurologic clinics · 2000Lynch GF, Gorelick PBDOI: 10.1016/s0733-8619(05)70192-4
African Americans' Perceptions of Pain and Pain Management: A Systematic Review.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society · 2016Booker SQDOI: 10.1177/1043659614526250
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder Disparity Among African-Americans.ReviewJournal of National Black Nurses' Association : JNBNA · 2019Plowden K
Dermatoses in African-Americans.ReviewDermatology nursing · 2000Lang PG Jr
Coping in African Americans With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Integrative Review of the Literature.ReviewGastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates · 2019Scott PD, Lockhart JS, Jakub KE et al.DOI: 10.1097/SGA.0000000000000316
Barriers to Clinical Research Participation Among African Americans.ReviewJournal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society · 2016Luebbert R, Perez ADOI: 10.1177/1043659615575578

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Instance of: ethnic group
Subclass of: African diaspora in the Americas
Part of: Americans
Native language: African American Vernacular English
Religion: Islam
Country: United States
Population: 42020743
Country of origin: Africa
Image: Beale Street Blues 1917.jpg

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female form of label: afroamericana
native label: African American
history of topic: African American history
different from: Native Americans in the United States
Commons category: African Americans
topic's main category: Category:African-American people
diaspora: African diaspora
described by source: Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān

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