Template:Did you know nominations/Roscoe Simmons


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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 13:27, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Roscoe Simmons

 * ... that Roscoe Simmons, the nephew of Booker T. Washington, was the first African-American columnist for the Chicago Tribune?


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Myanmyrma

Created by LavaBaron (talk). Self-nominated at 22:34, 2 October 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg New enough and long enough. QPQ checks. Inline citation back up that he was the first columnist, but not that he was Booker T's nephew. Going to need an inline citation there before this can pass. Freikorp (talk) 02:50, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Freikorp - I've added two sources that specifically reference his nephewship. LavaBaron (talk) 00:00, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Good to go. Freikorp (talk) 00:21, 4 October 2015 (UTC)