Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/J'Accuse

J'Accuse

Original - Emile Zola's famous public letter "J'Accuse" to the president of France in protest against the mishandling of the Dreyfus Affair, 1898.

Reason

This might qualify as the most famous newspaper editorial of all time: Emile Zola was France's leading writer, the Dreyfus Affair was its most famous scandal, and Zola published this public condemnation of the government in order to force his own prosecution for libel, so that he could raise evidence in defense of Dreyfus that had been suppressed from Dreyfus's case. Sounds convoluted? It was, but it wasn't a passing scandal either; the affair was a landmark in the history of antisemitism and Zionism. High resolution legible file; English translation available at Wikisource. The headline reads I accuse...! Letter to the president of the republic from Emile Zola

Articles this image appears in

Dreyfus affair, J'accuse (letter), L'Aurore

Creator

Emile Zola

• Support as nominator Durova^Charge! 21:16, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support - an extremely important historical document. The image pages on EN and commons don't seem to specifically state it, but is this actually a scan of a 110-year-old newspaper (as it appears) or is this some kind of facsimile, like a printing from a microfilm or something? Just curious. Great find, Durova; not a typical FP, but quite deserving, IMO. Matt Deres (talk) 02:36, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Looks like a scan of the actual newspaper. Durova^Charge! 02:47, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Thanks for nominating it, it's great. Neutrality^talk 03:35, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support - Of course! -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 09:37, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support Great historical significance, legible and therefore very informative. faithless (^speak) 10:03, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Obvious featured picture. - Darwinek (talk) 12:36, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Not like this one needs my vote, but I just wanted to say I learned something new and important from it! This is the stuff text FPs are made of.D-rew (talk) 18:46, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support, of course (per nom). Spikebrennan (talk) 22:09, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:J’accuse.jpg --Dengero (talk) 22:59, 12 February 2008 (UTC)