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The result was: promoted by Canadianerk ( talk) 00:38, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

William Hunter Dammond

• ... that William Hunter Dammond became the first African American graduate of the University of Pittsburgh in 1893 but was not recognised as such until 2000? Source: "He graduated from Pitt in 1893 as one of the few black civil engineers in the nation ... In 2000, the University of Pittsburgh corrected its official history to credit Dammond as its first black graduate." from: Yeomans, Mike. "William Hunter Dammond: a Man of Firsts". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Belinda Archer

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow ( talk). Self-nominated at 13:20, 2 December 2021 (UTC).

• article is new enough, long enough, well written and cited. Hook is interesting and well-cited and a QPQ has been conducted. This looks GTG. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:37, 2 December 2021 (UTC)