Template:Did you know nominations/John Hulett

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:17, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

John Hulett

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... that in 1965, U.S. civil rights activist John Hulett became one of the first two black voters in Lowndes County, Alabama, in ~~over 60 years~~more than six decades? Source: "According to journalist Frye Gaillard in Cradle of Freedom, Hulett and several friends met one winter night in 1965 at the home of the Reverend J. C. Lawson. ... Hulett and Lawson were registered. They became the first black voters in Lowndes County in more than sixty years." [1] ; [2]. "John Hulett ... gave this speech in Los Angeles on May 22, 1966. ... Last year in March, some 30 people assembled at the courthouse in Hayneville to make an attempt to get registered. ... two people became registered voters." [3] p.7. "... in the middle of February 1965, a consensus had emerged in favor of trying to registered... on March 1. "[4] "... several weeks passed before county officials revealed that they rejected every application except Hulett's ... and John C Lawson's." [5]

Created by Puchku (talk). Self-nominated at 06:53, 16 February 2020 (UTC).

Hi, I noticed this is a good candidate for running during Black History Month. New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Image is freely-licensed. Hook is interesting, verified, and cited inline. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits.
The only thing that looks strange is the referencing. I did some formatting of the refs and notice that you have a lot of duplicate citations. You may want to use Harvard footnotes and add a Bibliography section to keep the References section tidy. The Jeffries cite in particular looks like the same book with two different dates. That can be fixed up with WP:Citation templates. Please let me know. Yoninah (talk) 20:01, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks so much for your feedback Yoninah. I've switched the recurring references to harvard footnotes and added a bibliography section. Let me know what you think. Puchku (talk) 22:30, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! There are a few more book sources to add to the Bibliography, but that shouldn't hold up this nomination. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 22:52, 20 February 2020 (UTC)