The coining of "Afro-American"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/12/2011 08:43 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>... Waring's 1898 claim and use is coeval with the OED's 4th earliest.)

Apologies -- I confused 3 with 8.  The article is 1893, so it would
be the true 4th earliest, between 1890 and 1898.

Joel

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