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[Fred Shapiro]

On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Lynne Murphy wrote:

> a bad thing to be.  (I'm also no one to Jesse Jackson and the NAACP,
> even though I've published about his "coinage" of 'African American'
> a bit.)  It seems far more important to be someone to the dictionary

Have you traced the origins of "African American" at all?  If so, I would
be interested in seeing your findings, as I have done research on this
myself.

Fred Shapiro


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