Template:Did you know nominations/James Raymond Lawson
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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 Yoninah (talk) 20:35, 9 January 2018 (UTC)
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James Raymond Lawson
[edit]- ... that James Raymond Lawson was the first alumnus to serve as the president of Fisk University? (Yates, Jon (December 23, 1996). "James Lawson, ex-president of Fisk, dies". The Tennessean. pp. 16–17. Retrieved December 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.)
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... that James Raymond Lawson resigned as Fisk University's president due to "severe decreases in faculty, staff and student enrollment.", but his obituary in The Tennessean said it was for "health reasons"?(deGregory, Crystal A. "JAMES RAYMOND LAWSON (1915-1996)" (PDF). Profiles of African Americans in Tennessee. Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 9, 2017.; Yates, Jon (December 23, 1996). "James Lawson, ex-president of Fisk, dies". The Tennessean. pp. 16–17. Retrieved December 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.) - ALT2: ... that James Raymond Lawson's tenure at the helm of Fisk University saw the donor base dwindle due to the student's involvement with the Black Power movement? (deGregory, Crystal A. "JAMES RAYMOND LAWSON (1915-1996)" (PDF). Profiles of African Americans in Tennessee. Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 9, 2017.)
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Created by Zigzig20s (talk). Self-nominated at 20:09, 15 December 2017 (UTC).
- @Zigzig20s: This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts have inline citations and I prefer the original hook and ALT2. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. So we are just waiting for a QPQ to be done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:29, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
- User:Cwmhiraeth: I've just finished reviewing Template:Did you know nominations/Perspective-taking.Zigzig20s (talk) 20:28, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you. Your QPQ skills are coming along nicely! This is good to go with ALT2 or ALT0, and I think ALT2 is more interesting to a general audience. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:27, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
- @Zigzig20s: This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts have inline citations and I prefer the original hook and ALT2. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. So we are just waiting for a QPQ to be done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:29, 19 December 2017 (UTC)