Talk:Black Student Union

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A fact from Black Student Union appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 October 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that within a year after the first Black Student Union was founded at San Francisco State College in March 1966, it had a presence at every state college in California?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2021/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Black Student Union.

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 16:29, 17 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

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... that within a year after the first Black Student Union was founded at San Francisco State College in March 1966, it had a presence at every state college in California? Source: SFGATE: "Within a year, the BSU was at every state college in California."
- ALT1:... that the rise of the Black Power movement and alienation faced by Black students on predominantly white college campuses in the United States both influenced the creation of Black Student Unions? Source: Joy Ann Williamson in The Journal of Negro Education: "Black student alienation at PWCUs, coupled with a growing racial consciousness among Blacks nationwide due to the spread of the Black Power movement, influenced the rise of Black student unions.

Reviewed: 5 Times Square
Comment: ALT hooks welcome as always!

Created by Ezlev (talk). Self-nominated at 04:55, 3 October 2021 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks great to me! There is plenty of material for alt hooks in the article, which is very interesting, but I like the proposed hook. GorillaWarfare (she/her • talk) 18:50, 4 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

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