feb 8, 1914 - "Negro Cocaine "Fiends" New Southern Menace' - New York Times 1914

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Rumors of employers supplying black laborers with cocaine began spreading throughout the country. Sensationalized by the media, the majority population increased their discrimination towards African Americans.

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/negro_cocaine_fiends.htm

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