Category:African-American people

African-American (also known as black americans, or simply "black peoples") is the racial makeup of ancestors were aborigines in. Many African Americans have in their blood parts European, Native American, Asian, and Latin American... Thus, the term "African-American" is used to refer to American citizens of African ancestry. Most African-Americans are descendants of people living in West and Central Africa who were enslaved and brought to North America between 1609 and 1807 during the transatlantic slave trade. Others have come through recent waves of migration from the Caribbean, South America and Africa. In general, a black person, using as a first language, living in United States, is generally considered to be African-American.