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Special Edition
Volume XVIII, Number 1
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February 10, 1988
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1988 AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
This special is being called "African
American
History."
Black people,
wherever they are, come from the land
called Africa. We have been called by
many different names — colored, Negro,
Black, etc. Most people are known by the
land which they or their ancestors lived in
or came from. Germans are called Ger
mans because there is a land named Ger
many. Irish are called Irish because there
is a land called Ireland. Chinese are called
Chinese because there is a land called
China. Mexicans are called Mexicans be
cause there is a land called Mexico. Now
look at a map. Is there a place called
Colorland? Negroland? Blackland? No.
There is a land named Africa, which is
where we came from. We should, there
fore, refer to ourselves as Africans,
African-Americans,
or
Africans
in
America.
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