Template:Did you know nominations/Eutaw riot

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:30, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Eutaw riot[edit]

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Old Greene County Courthouse, Eutaw

... that in the Eutaw riot of 1870, in Eutaw, Alabama (scene of the riot pictured), up to four blacks were killed by the Ku Klux Klan during a campaign of terror that led to the election of Democratic governor Robert B. Lindsay? Source: Waldrep 137; Lincove 270.

Reviewed: Marion Coutts
Comment: I hope that before this goes to press Newyorkbrad will have had time to look at the article; it is entirely possible that he will come up with a very different kind of hook, one involving the Bill of Rights. Note that my hook has "blacks", in agreement with some of the sources, but YMMV.

Created by Drmies (talk). Self-nominated at 04:03, 12 December 2016 (UTC).

Cruel facts and missed opportunity, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. Please rephrase the hook, - a comma is missing after Alabama, but is awkward after pictured, - perhaps we don't need the exact name and location of the court house twice? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:08, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt I pruned something. The comma is in the right place, as far as I know. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 21:49, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

The comma is in the right place, but still looks awkward ;)

ALT1: ... that in the Eutaw riot (location pictured) in Alabama, up to four blacks were killed by the Ku Klux Klan during a campaign of terror that led to the election of Democratic governor Robert B. Lindsay? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:41, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

OK, I made a minor tweak--"scene of the riot" suggest the place, "scene" by itself suggest the event, staged or not. Yeah, sure, sounds good to me--thanks Gerda. Drmies (talk) 23:46, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

thank you, better! Offline sources accepted AGF. Image licensed, not really dramatic, but adding to importance. - Ever so proud that one of my pictured articles made more than 10k hits ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:48, 4 January 2017 (UTC)