Summary: African-American History by Milton C. Sernett

Summary: African-American History by Milton C. Sernett

Introduction

This assignment is based on the summary of “African American Religious History: A Documentary Witness (Chapter 3)” by Milton C. Sernett. The term African-American refers to people born in the Americas who have African ancestors, African-Americans are therefore a group of African descent.

Summary

Milton revealed in his book that the term African American is used primarily to refer to black people of color born in the Americas. The term originated in the wake of a stream of politically correct language that originated in the United States and ...