The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 22:19, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
... that John U. Monro resigned as dean of Harvard College to work at a then-unaccredited, historically black college in Alabama? Source: "John U. Monro ’34 made national headlines — and befuddled Harvard colleagues — by resigning as dean of the College and moving to Miles, a cash-strapped, unaccredited, historically black college on the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama." [1]
Overall: Congratulations on a Good article, on a person I knew nothing about until now. I believe the hook is fine, as it serves to highlight to gulf between Monro's position and the institution he moved to. Each of the qualifiers – unaccredited, historically black, and far from Harvard both geographically and in reputation – support each other and together make the hook better. Worth noting that "…in Alabama" is mentioned by the sources cited as an important qualifier too. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 04:53, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Congratulations on a Good article, on a person I knew nothing about until now. I believe the hook is fine, as it serves to highlight to gulf between Monro's position and the institution he moved to. Each of the qualifiers – unaccredited, historically black, and far from Harvard both geographically and in reputation – support each other and together make the hook better. Worth noting that "…in Alabama" is mentioned by the sources cited as an important qualifier too. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 04:53, 6 September 2021 (UTC)