[Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Black on Black"

[Pete Morris]

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Show/1PYSAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Black+on+black+violence%22&dq=%22Black+on+black+violence%22&printsec=frontcover

<< This situation could have been developed in any vein from 
burlesque-skit to
black - on - black violence . Bill Naughton ( whose play Alfie earlier 
this season
was a study of an unredeemed , woman - chasing cockney heel) >>

The reference to Alfie dates this to probably 1963.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie_(play)



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>From "Shapiro, Fred" <00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
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Date 01/06/2026 14:24:31
Subject Slight Antedating of "Black on Black"

>black on black (OED 1968 [16 Mar.])
>
>1968 Philadelphia Tribune 9 Mar. 7/3 (ProQuest)
>
>The violence of black man stabbing black man, mugging black man, stomping black man, raping black woman.  Black on black.
>
>Fred Shapiro
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