Template:Did you know nominations/Phoenixonian Institute

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 14:01, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Phoenixonian Institute

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... that San Jose's Phoenixonian Institute was founded in 1861 as the first African American high school in the state of California because of segregation in public schools? Source: ^[1]
- ALT1: ... that San Jose's Phoenixonian Institute was founded in 1861 as the first African American high school in California because of segregation? Source: ^[1]
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- Comment: This my first time nominating, I am welcome to any feedback if I did something incorrectly. Thank you.

Created by PigeonChickenFish (talk). Self-nominated at 09:56, 15 January 2023 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

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Overall: Use ALT suggested at 08:55, 16 January 2023 Grnrchst (talk) 16:42, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

ALT2: ... that the Phoenixonian Institute was created in 1861, and closed once African American students could attend public schools.Source: ^[1]
ALT3: ... that the Constitution of California had once banned African American students from attending public schools, in 1861 the Phoenixonian Institute was founded as the first African American high school in the state.Source: ^[1]

Comment: I worked to correct the grammatical issues, thank you. I am open to other ALT suggestions.PigeonChickenFish (talk) 00:59, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

@PigeonChickenFish: I think some combination of these two alts would be good actually. Something like "... that the Phoenixonian Institute, founded as the first African American high school in California, was closed once segregation was ended in the state?" --Grnrchst (talk) 08:55, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

@Grnrchst:, that ALT suggestion works for me. PigeonChickenFish (talk) 09:32, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Ok, accepted. --Grnrchst (talk) 09:35, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Five Views. State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, Office of Historic Preservation. 1988. p. 78.

[Five_Views-1] Five Views. State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, Office of Historic Preservation. 1988. p. 78.

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