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To: silverleaf

I was thinking the same thing. Negro was the word used back then. I don’t remember what year it changed to black. Maybe late 60’s? Early 70’s?


34 posted on 04/23/2011 4:54:29 PM PDT by MsLady (Be the kind of woman that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, she's UP !!")
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To: MsLady
You are correct; "Negro" went out of favor to be replaced by "Black" from late 60s to early 70s (it didn't happen all at once).
177 posted on 04/23/2011 9:07:36 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|http://pure-gas.org|Must be a day for changing taglines)
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