Hawkins/The Hawk (1936, in Chicago Defender)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 12:08:26AM -0400, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
> FWIW, the first Chicago citation of "Hawkins," found by  accident.
> ...
> ...
> 24 October 1936, Chicago <i>Defender</i>, "Bronzeville in  Chicago" by James
> J. Gentry, pg. 20:

HDAS has 1934 for this, from Baltimore. What about bare _Hawk_, which
HDAS only has from 1946 (with earlier reference)?

Jesse Sheidlower
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