[Ads-l] New York Times Article on My "African American" Discovery

[Shapiro, Fred]

Tomorrow's New York Times has an article about my discovery of the term "African American" being used in 1782, 53 years earlier than the previous earliest known usage:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/21/arts/use-of-african-american-dates-to-nations-early-days.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nytimes.com_2015_04_21_arts_use-2Dof-2Dafrican-2Damerican-2Ddates-2Dto-2Dnations-2Dearly-2Ddays.html&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=sRkhHMQo6W5Ird1lkQFqb23bCfSHAR2XjUSUG53db5M&m=hDLsQlaN1HHd7-0KXeist0hvy77TZ-_DVyf2odY-XVk&s=tajJlZUEhmOYk4JT18aNd3iJGaNg3zuLPLbeYc7IexQ&e=>

George Thompson and Katherine Martin are also mentioned.  Thanks again to George for his important help in nailing down the discovery.

Fred

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