[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Tokenism"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon Jan 15 20:13:21 UTC 2024


tokenism (OED 1962)

1959 _Columbia_ (S.C.) Record_ 28 Feb. 4-A/1 (Newspapers.com)

Now comes the drive of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People against all "tokenism" in North Carolina.

Fred Shapiro

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