[Ads-l] More on "African American" Origins Story

[Shapiro, Fred]

The MSNBC television show "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" had a segment last night about my "African American" discovery.  It's about 5 minutes long:

http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word

The New York Times reporter, Jennifer Schuessler, has written a second, online-only story about this discovery:

http://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2015/04/21/the-term-african-american-appears-earlier-than-thought-reporters-notebook/?_r=0

Fred Shapiro





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