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McKissack & McKissack

 * ... that in 1942 McKissack & McKissack received $5.7 million to design and build an airfield for the Tuskegee Airmen – the largest contract that the U.S. government had ever awarded to a Black company?
 * Reviewed: List of Apostolic Nuncios to China

5x expanded by Orlady (talk). Self nominated at 04:49, 5 January 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg - Is "black company" really the best term? Why not "owned by African-Americans"? Otherwise looks fine. Hook is short enough, fact is interesting, length and expansion check out, as does the hook fact. No close paraphrasing found, QPQ done. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:58, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
 * When I wrote the hook, I called it "African American", but the hook exceeded 200 characters... --Orlady (talk) 03:34, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmm... What about "Black" with a capital B? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:42, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Good idea! The upper-case "B" improves things. I'm editing the original proposed hook accordingly. --Orlady (talk) 14:19, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thanks! That puts my concerns over this hook (the ambiguity of small-b "black") to rest. Good to go. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:24, 6 January 2014 (UTC)