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A fact from Safe House Black History Museum appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that one of the buildings that house the Safe House Museum (pictured) was where Martin Luther King Jr. hid from the Ku Klux Klan on 21 March 1968, just weeks before he was assassinated?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Safe House Black History Museum.

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:27, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The safe house where Martin Luther King, Jr., hid from the Ku Klux Klan

* ... that one of the buildings that houses the Safe House Museum (pictured) was where Martin Luther King, Jr., hid from the Ku Klux Klan just weeks before he was assassinated on this date in 1968? Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/alabama-spends-more-than-a-half-million-dollars-a-year-on-a-confederate-memorial-black-historical-sites-struggle-to-keep-their-doors-open/2021/10/03/77953f7e-222a-11ec-8fd4-57a5d9bf4b47_story.html "The museum consists of two shotgun houses, one of which is where King sought refuge from the Ku Klux Klan in 1968, just two weeks before he was murdered in Memphis."

- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wooden Warrior
- Comment: Would love to IAR this to appear April 4, the anniversary of King's assassination

Created by Valereee (talk). Self-nominated at 19:23, 25 January 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Safe House Black History Museum; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[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:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: All looks good! I think the hook could be a bit more concise, but there's nothing really wrong with it and it's rather interesting! I would absolutely support this being posted on 4 April, as this is article is very relevant to that date. --Grnrchst (talk) 15:35, 26 January 2024 (UTC) Grnrchst (talk) 15:35, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review, Grnrchst! I agree with you that the hook feels longish...I tried to trim it, but couldn't figure out how. If you have any suggestions, I'm wide open! Valereee (talk) 18:08, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1: ... that one of the buildings that houses the Safe House Museum (pictured) was where Martin Luther King, Jr., hid from the Ku Klux Klan on this date in 1968, just weeks before he was assassinated?

Added a March 21 hook from discussion at DYKTALK. Can you approve @Grnrchst:? Bruxton (talk) 20:01, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revised hook is good! I agree that the date he hid there is probably better than his date of death. --Grnrchst (talk) 21:12, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]