[Ads-l] Antedating of "Afro" (Hairstyle)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Afro (hairstyle) (OED 1966 [12 June])

1966 _Winston-Salem Journal_ 23 Mar. 5/1 (Newspapers.com)  In pranced a tall ... muscular dancer with the Afro haircut.

Fred Shapiro



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