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A fact from Statue of Billie Holiday appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the statue of Billie Holiday in Upton, Baltimore, also depicts a crow eating a gardenia?

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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 19:00, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Statue of Billie Holiday in Upton, Baltimore, also depicts a crow eating a gardenia? Source: "Added onto the bronze base, just behind the figure and just above the artists signature, is a crow, a symbol of the Jim Crow laws, eating a gardenia" ([1] Cindy Kelly, Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore: A Historical Guide to Public Art in the Monumental City, JHU Press, 2011, pg.275)

Reviewed: Anna von Wattenwyl

Created by No Swan So Fine (talk) and Another Believer (talk). Nominated by No Swan So Fine (talk) at 12:28, 28 April 2021 (UTC).[reply]

The copyright to the statue was registered, thus the image is non-free and the hook can't appear on the main page with an image of the statue. Dylsss^{(talk contribs)} 21:46, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Alas. I've removed the image. No Swan So Fine (talk) 14:58, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

...New enough, long enough, reads well, hook in article followed by inline citation to source containing hook fact. No image, QPQ provided, no copyvio issues. I added one more reference..hope that's okay. Whispyhistory (talk) 07:14, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]