Template:Did you know nominations/George Dinning
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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Chipmunkdavis (talk) 13:44, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
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George Dinning
- ... that in 1897, former slave George Dinning was the first black man to successfully sue a mob of the Ku Klux Klan? Source: [1] "The Picayune of New Orleans reported: “The outcome is regarded as sensational, indicating an entirely new method of dealing with and punishing lawless mobs that have been so numerous in the south.” "
- ALT1:... that in 1897 Kentucky, former slave George Dinning shot and killed the son of a wealthy white landowner, but he was acquitted and awarded the equivalent of 1.4 million dollars?Source: [2] "The sum, which included punitive damages, is roughly equivalent to $1.4 million today."
Created/expanded by GreenC (talk). Self-nominated at 18:56, 4 February 2021 (UTC).
- article is new enough (created yesterday), long enough, cited and no evidence of overt copyvio. I vastly prefer the first hook, it's very catchy and interesting. It's cited, not too long and good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 11:04, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- @The Rambling Man and GreenC: The QPQ requirement has not been properly completed. Please revisit. Flibirigit (talk) 16:47, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- Yeah, it's missing a tick. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 17:03, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- Restoring tick by The Rambling Man. The QPQ has now been properly completed. Flibirigit (talk) 17:20, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- Yeah, it's missing a tick. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 17:03, 5 February 2021 (UTC)