Template:Did you know nominations/Travis County Courthouse


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:20, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Travis County Courthouse

 * ... that overcrowding at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, is being relieved by the county's acquisition of a "new" courthouse built in 1936? Source: "The U.S. government's ... disused 1936 courthouse just happened to match the pressing needs of the Travis County justice system."
 * ALT1:... that the Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse was named in honor of an early trial in the African-American civil rights movement that was first heard there in 1946? Source: "Travis County renamed the Courthouse as the “Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse” ... in honor of Heman Marion Sweatt, a civil rights pioneer who successfully challenged the policy of segregation at the University of Texas Law School."
 * Reviewed: Johannes Kalitzke

Created by Bryanrutherford0 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:57, 7 December 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Interesting and well-organized, on good sources, no copyvio obvious. I prefer the civil right ALT. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:08, 11 December 2017 (UTC)