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A fact from Black suffrage in the United States appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 July 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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1876 cartoon illustrating opposition to African Americans suffrage
... that after the American Civil War, Reconstruction era laws enabled black suffrage, but in practice, African Americans still faced obstacles to voting? Source: "You are strongly encouraged to quote the source text supporting each hook" (and [link] the source, or cite it briefly without using citation templates)Swinney, Everette (1962). "Enforcing the Fifteenth Amendment, 1870–1877". Journal of Southern History. 28#2 (2): 202–218. doi:10.2307/2205188. JSTOR2205188.
Looks good content-wise. Stylistically, please fix:
Careless mistakes in copyediting (spacing, misplaced punctuation) throughout the article. Please give it a good reread.
Grammatical mistakes in the lead; the second and third sentences are run-on sentences.
Unusual capitalization of "free Negroes".
"Case" in "Dred Scott case" should not be italicized.
Use a consistent capitalization scheme for "white" and "black" throughout the article. They are more commonly found in lowercase. Likewise, hyphenation for "African-American" should be consistent for a single part of speech. Generally we use a hyphen in the adjective form but not the noun form.
"Declaration" should not be capitalized.
Link grandfather clause, the reader cannot be assumed to know what it means.
In terms of the hook, "favored" seems weird to me. I would use "enabled", "facilitated", or "legalized" instead, depending on the connotation you desire. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠05:34, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I just noticed something: Nothing in this hook implies that it is about American history. It may be obvious from context for an American, but not necessarily to an international audience. To clarify the context, you can change "Civil War" to "American Civil War" and/or "blacks" to "African Americans" (and link it please). -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠05:14, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Looks good content-wise. Stylistically, please fix:
The problems above have been fixed. The flow is a bit choppy (too many simple sentences), but this is not GA/FA. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 14:41, 13 July 2020 (UTC)