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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 Rlink2 (talk) 00:12, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Virginia Ali

To T:DYK/P4

  • ... that in 1958, Virginia Ali and her husband Ben Ali founded Ben's Chili Bowl, a landmark Washington, D.C. restaurant where Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse Jackson, and Stokely Carmichael would often eat? Source: “I can still recall the excitement and eager anticipation when Ben and I first envisioned our optimistic new venture. It was born on a bright and sunny Aug. 22, 1958.”
    “ Martin Luther King Jr. visited us often to share his dream over a Chili Half Smoke and cup of coffee. I remember when Jesse Jackson and Stokely Carmichael would sit with him, and the three of them would dream together of the beautiful, more integrated society that we all envisioned while still living in a segregated nation. ”
    Washington Business Journal

Created by Thriley (talk), History2049 (talk), and Dnllnd (talk). Nominated by Thriley (talk) at 00:57, 25 February 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.
Overall: New article is long enough and well sourced, with no copyvio. Hook is cited and tasty. qpq has already been done so this one's ready. BuySomeApples (talk) 02:47, 26 February 2022 (UTC)