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* Andrews, W., Foster, F., and Harris, T. (Editors).''The Oxford Companion to African American Literature''. Oxford, 1997. * Davis, M., Graham, M., and Pineault-Burke, S. (Editors). ''Teaching African American Literature: Theory and Practice''. Routledge, 1998.

An African American author, playwright, and anthropologist who studied and published works on B

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...d States of America|American]] [[acting|actor]] known for playing iconic [[African American]] roles such as [[James Brown]] (''[[Get on Up (film)|Get on Up]]'', 2014);

An African American celebration similar to Thanksgiving, which is held on the fourth Sunday in

...>(1856-1915) Born into slavery, he became the most prominent leader of the African American community in the early 20th century; wrote ''Up From Slavery''.

...]] awards; first MacArthur Fellowship to a sci-fi author (1995); and first African American woman to succeed in the science fiction

African American inventor and businessman who is well-known for his protective breathing hoo

...Obama]], for example, frequently uses both terms) you should use the term "African American" in formal speech and writing, and in informal speech if you are not sure o ...dited with helping to spread the use of the term. It is interesting that "African American" caught on so quickly, because by the closing decades of the 20th Century,

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Some African American literature follows the pattern of the sermonic tradition. *Hubbard, Don (1996). ''The Sermon and the African American Literary Imagination'', University of Missouri Press, ISBN 0-8262-1087-2