"righteous" in Chicago Defender

[Wilson Gray]

FWIW, the black newspapers of choice in my family were the Pittsburgh
Courier and the St. Louis Argus. The motivation for reading the local
sheet is obvious, but I was too young at the time to know or care why
my parents chose the Courier over the Defender, though we did read the
latter upon occasion.

-Wilson

On 1/7/06, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:
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> I don't find _righteous moss_ in the Chicago Defender, but there is
> a 1935 example in the 'great; cool; stylish' sense (Ted Yates writing
> the "New York After Dark" column):
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> 1935 _Chicago Defender_ 5 Jan. 8/8 Righteous opening, it was,
> at Dickie's new swank spot (formerly the Nest Club) on
> Thursday nite last... Packed and jammed as openings usually
> are, the crowd rocked, swayed, and razz-a-ma-tazzed till the
> wee, wee hours of the mawning'. [ellipsis in orig.]
>
> Note to JEL [surely the only one who cares]: yes, this is Dickie
> Wells, of _The Night People_.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
>