[Ads-l] antedating AmeriKKKa

Pete Morris mr_peter_morris at OUTLOOK.COM
Tue Sep 27 00:49:17 UTC 2022


Several sources say that the earliest known use of 'AmeriKKKa'
is Black World, July 1970.

Here's a cite that appears to be March 1969, as far as I can tell.

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Christ_in_the_Ghetto/gg8QAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=amerikkka&dq=amerikkka&printsec=frontcover

... role of " developing the technical tools to sustain and defend
  Amerikkka , the haven of oppressive capitalism and imperialist
exploitation throughout the world . " ...

publication date :

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Christ_in_the_Ghetto/gg8QAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=amerikkka&dq=amerikkka&printsec=frontcover


And one that appears to be from 1953, but snippet view doesn't show the
actual word in context. It could be, for instance,  part of the 
handwritten
text added at a later date.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=amerikkka+intitle:Social+intitle:Work+intitle:as+intitle:a+intitle:Profession&tbs=,cdr:1,cd_min:Jan+1_2+1950,cd_max:Dec+31_2+1970&num=10

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Social_Work_as_a_Profession/13A0AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=published+intitle:Social+intitle:Work+intitle:as+intitle:a+intitle:Profession&dq=published+intitle:Social+intitle:Work+intitle:as+intitle:a+intitle:Profession&printsec=frontcover

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