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In the book "Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word" by Randall Kennedy, the Harvard Law professor writes that the word is derived from the Latin word "niger" and the Spanish word— Independent Collegian RSS
Aspergillus niger, the source of KitoZyme's ingredient.— CosmeticsDesign RSS
Quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses and certainly Vergil's verse was never used to a nobler purpose.— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920
'Quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses'" and certainly Vergil's verse was never used on a nobler occasion or to nobler purpose.— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919

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