[Ads-l] Antedating of "Afro" (Noun and Adjective)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Afro (OED, n, 1942)  1923 Cleveland Gazette 31 Mar. 2/1 (GenealogyBank)  Irvin and Buckner are both "Afros."

Afro (OED, adj, 1938)  1935 Washington Tribune 22 June 16/3 (GenealogyBank)  At the closing of Howard an Afro correspondent asked me where would I turn for news ?

Fred Shapiro

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