Talk:Joseph Drummond
Latest comment: 2 months ago by Hilst in topic Did you know nomination
![]() | Joseph Drummond is currently a World history good article nominee. Nominated by B3251(talk) at 22:31, 4 June 2024 (UTC) Anyone who has not contributed significantly to (or nominated) this article may review it according to the good article criteria to decide whether or not to list it as a good article. To start the review process, click start review and save the page. (See here for the good article instructions.) Short description: Canadian civil rights activist (1926–1975) |
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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- 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 this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
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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