African American, was: "AAVE" (the abbrev. itself)

[Mullins, Bill]

> This is all not to say that 1988 wasn't a turning point in
> the popular acceptance of "African-American", but it does
> seem to be the case that the term was in at least reasonably
> wide use in the intellectual community for some years before then.
>
 "Afro-American as a Race Name" New York Times (1857-Current file); Feb 25,
1893; ProQuest Historical Newspapers pg. 6.

"From the Baltimore Sun, Feb 22.  E. J. Waring, colored, of the Baltimore
bar, lectured before the Monumental Literary Society at Grace Colored
Presbyterian Church last night on "A Race Name:  Why Not Afro-American?" . .
. The speaker said he coined the name Afro-American in 1878 as a contraction
of African-American, and he was much gratified to know that it is generally
accepted and used."