[Ads-l] antedating AmeriKKKa

[Jesse Sheidlower]

Note that the OED has long had a cite from 9-23 February 1970, in the _Ann Arbor Argus_, earlier than the Black World example. Here's another one from 23 Feb. 1970 from a larger circulation periodical, in an article on the Black Panthers:

1970 _Newsweek_ 23 Feb. 29/1 Yet the controlling metaphor--the ghetto as the colony and 'ameriKKKa' as mother country--has never varied.

https://archive.org/details/newsweek75jannewy/page/n655/mode/2up

But here's earlier, tied with yours for March 1969:

1969 _People's World_ 8 Mar. 1/4 What they [sc. the military-industrial complex] were really about, he [sc. Bobby Seale, chairman of the Black Panthers] said, was to protect the development of 'technical tools to sustain and defend Amerikkka, the haven of oppressive capitalism, and imperialist exploitation throughout the world.'

https://archive.org/details/sim_peoples-world_1969-03-08_32_10/mode/2up

There are many other examples of the form, variously capitalized, in 1969 issues of _The Black Panther_, but none as early as March.

Jesse Sheidlower
[who drafted the OED entry in question, if he recalls correctly]    

On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 12:49:17AM +0000, Pete Morris wrote:
> 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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