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... that Cavalcade of the American Negro (1940) is unsigned, but it was edited by
Arna Bontemps, and
Fenton Johnson contributed the sections on theater and poetry? Source: American literature in transition, 1930-1940. Ichiro Takayoshi. & (Johnson) The Negro in Illinois : the WPA papers. Brian Dolinar, Urbana, Chicago. 2013
ALT1: ... that the 1940
African-American history book Cavalcade of the American Negro had a print run of 50,000 copies?Source: The Negro in Illinois: The WPA Papers 2013 ed by Brian Dolinar Page xxxvi, line 7 of 2nd paragraph
Nice work! Article is new enough, long enough, neutral/balanced, well sourced, no copyvio per Earwig (which notes that the lede has already been picked up by a random web site, plus the direct quote from the Swann Galleries site, which is correctly attributed in the article). QPQ is done. Original hook is fine, stated and cited within the article. Not sure about ALT1 – both in terms of how interesting it is (hard to know if a print run of 50,000 is a lot? unexpected? impressive?) and also what exactly it means (if there were two editions, is 50,000 referring to the first edition only?). I'm sure there are additional hooks we could propose for this. Here is one for your consideration:
Approved with ALT2 which works best with the eye-catching image of the poster! (Which BTW is a PD image (advertisement), confirmed no known restrictions on publication per Library of Congress.)
Cielquiparle (
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07:46, 20 October 2022 (UTC)reply
On second thought...I believe I need someone else to approve ALT2 because I wrote it as the reviewer. Although the nominator approved it. Thanks.
Cielquiparle (
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11:13, 20 October 2022 (UTC)reply