User talk:The Fitzgerald Museum

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Deletions and "attempts to whitewash" on Anthony D. Sayre

Hello,

I am posting this message regarding your deletions of sourced content about Anthony D. Sayre by reputable historians such as Harvard Professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, voting rights and civil rights scholar Professor J. Morgan Kousser, as well as primary sources such as Zelda Fitzgerald's daughter, Frances "Scottie" Fitzgerald. To quote WikiDan61 in his revert of your deletions, your "removal of sourced information" appears to be "attempts to whitewash" Anthony D. Sayre.

Your stated rationale that you were merely correcting errors to "family history" and "ownership of the Sayre home" was misleading given these deletions. This rationale does not justify your deletion of Sayre's quoted statements in newspaper interviews and other sources noting that his 1893 law disenfranchised African-Americans in Alabama (Kousser 1974, pp. 134–137, Levitsky & Ziblatt 2018, p. 111). Likewise, you deleted unflattering biographical information sourced from The Washington Post about Sayre's uncle John Tyler Morgan and the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. You also deleted statements from Zelda's daughter Frances "Scottie" Fitzgerald regarding her "guilt" over the Sayre political legacy (Lanahan 1996, p. 444). These deletions are concerning, especially if you are affiliated with the Fitzgerald Museum.

If you are an employee or representative of the Fitzgerald Museum in Alabama or a relative of the Sayre family, these deletions might be interpreted as an attempt to suppress factual information published by reputable scholars and historians about the well-documented racism of Anthony D. Sayre and John Tyler Morgan, potentially to protect the museum's or the family's interests.

Per Wikipedia:Conflict of Interest regarding "contributing to Wikipedia about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships," the guideline states such persons "are strongly discouraged from editing affected articles directly, and can propose changes on article talk pages instead." This guideline still applies whether or not you choose to change your username or create a new account. — Flask (talk) 01:53, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]