[Ads-l] Antedating of "Sepia" (= African American)

[Shapiro, Fred]

sepia (OED, C.2., 1928)

1927 Topeka Plaindealer 1 July 1/5 (GenealogyBank)

During the past winter more than 200 sepia girls appeared in the choruses of the theatres and cabarets below Seventy-second street.

Fred Shapiro





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