Talk:Joseph Drummond
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A fact from Joseph Drummond appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 April 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination[edit]
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The result was: promoted by Hilst talk 13:20, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
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- ... that Joseph Drummond, a key figure of New Brunswick's branch of the NAACP, staged a sit-in at a local barbershop to protest against the owner's refusal to serve Black customers? Source: CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/haymarket-square-saint-john-1.4963122 , UNB: https://www.unb.ca/cel/_assets/documents/enrichment/blackhistory/joseph-drummond.pdf , NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/13/archives/barber-shop-in-st-john-target-of-demonstration.html
- ALT1: ... that Joseph Drummond, a key figure of New Brunswick's branch of the NAACP, staged a sit-in at a local barbershop whose owner proclaimed having "never cut a colored person's hair in 55 years"? Source: CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/haymarket-square-saint-john-1.4963122 , UNB: https://www.unb.ca/cel/_assets/documents/enrichment/blackhistory/joseph-drummond.pdf , NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/13/archives/barber-shop-in-st-john-target-of-demonstration.html
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Nancy Ross
- Comment: All sources mention the sit-in, with more being included in the article itself. Drummond's significance in New Brunswick's branch of the NAACP (aka the NBAACP) is included in UNB's biography of him, where he is described as having spearheaded the NBAACP, and multiple sources including the NYT one provided confirm his role in the organization as vice-president
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