Template:Did you know nominations/Lillie Mae Bradford


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:04, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Lillie Mae Bradford

 * ... that in May 1951, four years before Rosa Parks, Lillie Mae Bradford was arrested for refusing to leave the white folks' section of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama? Source
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mark Barr
 * Comment: I'm trying to get a picture...but don't hold your breath for it. Ms. Bradford was buried yesterday; I'd like this up as soon as we can. Thanks!

Created by Drmies (talk). Self-nominated at 15:43, 23 March 2017 (UTC).


 * RIP. Anyhow, article is new enough and long enough. And very insightful in a number of aspects of race issues. I presume that the video in source #8 describes the circumstances of her death. Didn't notice any copyvio or plagiarism. Hook's interesting, reliably sourced and cited inline. QPQ is fine. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:26, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Jo-Jo Eumerus thanks for the quick review and the kind words. Thanks also for pointing at that video--it verifies the date of the funeral, but that she died in her sleep came out of the other article (today's front page article, as it happens). I stuck it in, between you and me, to verify as well as to get it in in the first place outside of the External links section. Sshht. Anyway, this is for all the heroes, many of whom ordinary folk without committees and lawyers and defense funds, in hopes that we might start doing a bit better--the damage a criminal record can do should be clear. And let me know if you ever want to visit Montgomery and see these sites. Drmies (talk) 19:49, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Um. Are arrest reports in Alabama in the public domain? By default, only the federal government has a blanked PD status and a few states, and Alabama is not one of them last I checked. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:53, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Jo-Jo, I edit boldly and presume innocence as well as transparency. But you may be right. Drmies (talk) 19:56, 23 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Jo-Jo Eumerus, where do we stand on this? I had hoped to get it on the front page in the same week she died, but that week has come and gone... Drmies (talk) 02:53, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Stupid me. Anyhow, barring evidence that Alabama's arrest reports are PD or freely licensed, the images should be removed. Conditional Symbol confirmed.svg as it were. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:06, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Jo-Jo Eumerus, I've crossed them out for now... Do you know who I should ask about this? Drmies (talk) 18:42, 6 April 2017 (UTC)


 * WP:MCQ or commons:COM:VPC. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:46, 6 April 2017 (UTC)