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The result was: promoted by
Kavyansh.Singh (
talk) 07:37, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
... that in 1888, Edward P. Duplex became the first African American to be elected mayor in California? Source: "In 1888 he achieved the distinction of becoming the first black mayor of a California city, when the board of trustees of Wheatland in Yuba County elected him to that position." R. M. Lapp (1977),
Blacks in Gold Rush California, Yale University Press, p. 259.
5x expanded by
Cielquiparle (
talk). Self-nominated at 19:52, 30 July 2022 (UTC).
Article was expanded five-fold, qualifies for DYK. Well-written and sourced, no neutrality or copy vio issues. QPQ done. Hook is interesting and sourced. Nice to see this page expanded.
PMCH2 (
talk) 13:38, 1 August 2022 (UTC)