Black is Coming Back

There has been an evolution of racial labels on African Americans. Negroes in the north, and colored in the south. Then James Brown said to stand up and proclaim pride in Blackness through his personal anthem for Black people, "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm proud!" The term African American became popular after 1988 when Rev. Jesse Jackson held a news conference to encourage America to use it when referring to Blacks. However, since then, several societal shifts have caused a resurgence of the use of Black:
responses to the Black vs. African American question:

"African American excludes non-African Blacks. ... We have a lot in common with people all over the globe. Our issues are not always uniquely American."

"...the bigger drawback to African American is that you need to know if the person is an American."

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