Vox Pop: Apr. 4, 1994
Which would you prefer as a name for your race?
FEB. 1989 FEB. 1994
AFRICAN AMERICAN 26% 53%
BLACK 61% 36%
From a telephone poll of 503 African Americans taken for TIME/CNN on Feb. 16-17 by Yankelovich Partners Inc. Sampling error is plus or minus 4.5%. "Not sures" omitted
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