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The Last Word

The origin of the term ‘African American’

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Jesse Jackson may have popularized the term in the late 1980s, but a Yale researcher finds what may very well be the very first written instance of "African American" - and it was published 233 years ago. Lawrence explains in his latest Rewrite.April 22, 2015

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