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A fact from Gainsboro Branch Library appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 February 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that land for a library built for African Americans in Virginia was donated by Pope Pius XII?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gainsboro Branch of the Roanoke City Public Library.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 11:12, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that land for a library for African-Americans in Virginia was donated by Pope Pius XII? Source: "The pope was magnanimous. Instead of a lease, he ruled the church would donate the land for the library 'for the next 99 years'." Cox, Ray. February 21, 2022. "Library serves for 100 years". The Roanoke Times. A2.
- Reviewed: Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Civ-Alert
- Comment: ~~Review pending~~ - Also, I made two small edits to this article back in October, but didn't begin expansion until a week ago. My understanding is that it's still "new", but correct me if I'm wrong.

5x expanded by DrOrinScrivello (talk). Self-nominated at 21:50, 2 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Gainsboro Branch of the Roanoke City Public Library; 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:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: 2nd time 2O welcome please ping Geardona (talk to me?) 02:51, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Geardona: Thanks for the review. To be clear, this is my seventh DYK nom so does require a QPQ, which is forthcoming. If you're interested in a second opinion on your review, you want to use the 'subst:DYK?again' template prior to approval. I'm honestly not sure if that can be done once the review is in the Approved queue or not, though. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 15:38, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DrOrinScrivello: We shall see, if you get the QPQ done before it is placed into the actual queue by a helper, it shouldn't be a problem, as for the second opinion, it was just indicating that if I did something wrong, correct me. Geardona (talk to me?) 18:44, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Geardona: I have added my QPQ, so this should be good to go now. Thanks again. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 14:49, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why Segregated?

I think many in the United States of a certain age may be able to guess why segregated, but those elsewhere and even younger readers will not (and they really should not have to guess anyway). In particular, were blacks excluded from other libraries by law (Jim Crow law), city policy, or by social custom? Alanscottwalker (talk) 14:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Alanscottwalker: Thank you for the feedback, and I agree with you that it would be helpful to have this information included in the article. While I'm relatively sure it was a Jim Crow law on the books in the city that mandated separate facilities, I haven't yet been able to find a reliable source that says so. I will continue searching and will update the article if and when I find this information. Thanks again. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 15:41, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]