Vox Pop

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