Because the first ever black person to set foot on American soil, an African American, was called Samson Wayne Nig Nog.
It is because of the world war1 with African-American history when he freed the black people from slavery
The African Americans who migrated called themselves "exodusters"
A Civil Rights advocate. Though that doesn't only apply to African-Americans.
Pioneers
Because it sounds more respectful to African-Americans. If you call an African-American person 'black' or something related to that, they could take it as a racist comment. So it's a lot more respectful and better to call them what they are, African Americans.
She helped African Americans and native Americans get the things and opportunities that Americans had.
Full civil liberties for African Americans
They needed to prove that African Americans can play and do any thing white people could.
English people are actually people from England so people from America would be called Americans!
Call and response
call attention to years of injustices
Americans.