[Ads-l] Antedating of "Black History"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Black history (OED 1920)

1917 Kansas City Sun 11 Aug. 1 / 4 (Newspapers.com)

Such is Fort Des Moines, the soul; thrilling, inspiring, the mecca of the Negro's Military hopes, and first page of a new volume of black history in white America.

Fred Shapiro

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