Yes and no. Obviously, some black people who live in the USA have never been to Africa. But the name evolved over the past 100 years, as a way to refer to (and pay homage to) the sad fact that many black Americans are descendants of slaves, who were brought here against their will in the 1700s and early 1800s. Actually, black people in the US used to be called "negroes" and "colored people." In fact, that is what the newspapers and magazines called them until the mid-1900s, when first the name "Afro-American" and then the name "African-American" came into common use.
most of the people in Africa are African Americans....I think
No. African Americans were from Africa, which is southeast of America.
Pan-Africanism was the movement that united African Americans with groups of people from Africa.
Because he was a segregationist, and supported a "return to Africa" by African-Americans.
The Civil Rights Movement united African Americans with groups of people from Africa.
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They were brought in from Africa, although they are called AFRICAN-Americans most of them come from Asia and Europe.
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African Americans origonated in Africa (its in the question)
Malcolm X wanted African Americans to go back to Africa like his father.
They are still called African Americns because they have a history of African Americans in their family, even though they have never been to Africa.
African-Americans are US citizens whose ancestors are (usually) from the continent of Africa. Africans who live in an African country would be referred to by their country of citizenship (e.g., Namibians, Kenyans) and would not be called African-Americans. An African-American visiting Africa would simply be thought of as an "American" or "US citizen" to the local population.