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African-Americans

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  • noun Plural form of African-American.

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Examples

  • He had used a similar term to refer to African-Americans on at least 12 other occasions during cellular phone calls that were intercepted, according to the criminal complaint.

    Officer Charged With False Arrest Chad Bray 2011

  • The phrase can refer to a sticky situation or be a derogatory term for African-Americans

    CNN.com 2011

  • The documents, which had been kept at the King Center in Atlanta, include scraps of paper with sermons and letters written from prison, as well as hate mail addressed to King, calling African-Americans "savages".

    BBC News - Home 2012

  • The phrase can refer to a sticky situation or be a derogatory term for African-Americans

    CNN.com 2011

  • In the entire country, there were only 118 African-Americans with LSATs above 165.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • For example, on the west side of the city, the Austin neighborhood is almost entirely composed of African-Americans and Latinos.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • World War II internment based on, 76 see also affirmative action; African-Americans; civil rights; desegregation; Latinos; segregation

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • African-Americans and Latinos lack adequate political power to achieve desegregation or equal educational opportunity through the political process.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • The intent could have been solely to protect African-Americans, or to protect all racial minorities, or to shelter all groups that have been historically discriminated against, or to defend all individuals from arbitrary treatment by the government.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • A national study found that killers of whites were three times more likely across the country to have the death sentence imposed than those who killed African-Americans.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

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