TIL in 1944 a sixteen-year-old black student in Columbus, Ohio, won an essay contest on the theme ‘What to Do with Hitler after the War’ by submitting the single sentence, "Put him in a black skin and let him live the rest of his life in America."

https://books.google.com/books?id=SgI3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=1944+put+him+in+black+skin+and+let&source=bl&ots=4mcXT1nyPy&sig=-c5T88e36wuZHLJ8zWbfebThPso&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hrAlVYGDLMLPsAW0l4S4Bg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=1944%20put%20him%20in%20black%20skin%20and%20let&f=false



Submitted April 09, 2015 at 04:22AM by cybersmith7 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/31xizm/til_in_1944_a_sixteenyearold_black_student_in/