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 97198 (talk) 02:57, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

• ... that painter Allan Randall Freelon argued that African-American artists should be free to paint whatever subject matter and style they wished?

• ALT1:... that African American painter Allan Randall Freelon protested lynching in his work Barbecue – American Style, exhibited in 1935?
• Reviewed: New creator (first article), she is not required to do a QPQ : Nominator checked Elinor Otto
• Comment: created in sandbox as part of Represent African American Artists, moved from sandbox March 31, 2015

Created by Sjm8364 (talk). Nominated by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) at 18:48, 1 April 2015 (UTC).

• :* ALT2:... that Allan Randall Freelon's painting Barbecue – American Style was a protest against lynching?

Alt2 offered? Victuallers (talk) 22:41, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

• The article is long enough and alt1 checks out (I don't really get the main hook even after reading the article). There are sufficient refs and its neutral. MMO has worked well to bring this new editor to DYK. Well done. Its new enough and I could see no paraphrasing. Removing some of the detail and adding a text description of the painting might help - although I note that his painting typically is much less political. Thanks. Tick for Alt1 only. If you would like Alt2 then we need someone to tick that too. Victuallers (talk) 23:11, 2 April 2015 (UTC) I like your ALT2, it's more compact than my originals. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:58, 3 April 2015 (UTC)