Antedating of "Tokenism"

[Fred Shapiro]

tokenism (OED 1962)

1960 _Chicago Defender_ 28 May 1 (ProQuest)  He [Adam Clayton Powell]
urged a stronger fight against "tokenism."

Fred Shapiro


--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fred R. Shapiro                             Editor
Associate Librarian for Collections and     YALE DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS
   Access and Lecturer in Legal Research     Yale University Press,
Yale Law School                             forthcoming
e-mail: fred.shapiro at yale.edu               http://quotationdictionary.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------