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Did you know... that Darktown Comics, a series of racist caricatures (example pictured), was a perennial bestseller for
Currier and Ives and by 1884 represented a third of the company's production?
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The result was: promoted by
Maile66 (
talk) 20:44, 8 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Overall: I verified the hook
[1] and
here, though not based on the article's source. Otherwise looks good to me.
Eddie891TalkWork 20:45, 17 February 2021 (UTC)reply
A fact from Darktown Comics appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 March 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Darktown Comics, a series of racist caricatures (example pictured), was a perennial bestseller for
Currier and Ives and by 1884 represented a third of the company's production?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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The result was: promoted by
Maile66 (
talk) 20:44, 8 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Overall: I verified the hook
[1] and
here, though not based on the article's source. Otherwise looks good to me.
Eddie891TalkWork 20:45, 17 February 2021 (UTC)reply