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Atlanta Compromise

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... that African American leaders W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington engaged in a 20-year feud over Washington's alleged appeasement of Southern whites?

Source: Aiello, Thomas (2016). The Battle for the Souls of Black Folk: W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and the Debate That Shaped the Course of Civil Rights. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781440843587. LCCN 2016000777.

ALT1: ... that fistfights broke out in a 1903 meeting of African American leaders when William Monroe Trotter challenged Booker T. Washington's appeasement of Southern whites? Source:Fox, Stephen (1970). The Guardian of Boston: William Monroe Trotter. Atheneum Press. pp. 49–58. OCLC 21539323. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
NOTE TO REVIEWER: The Copyright violation tool will report two false positives, resulting from quotations of historical figures Du Bois and Washington in the article. There is no plagiarism.
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Improved to Good Article status by Noleander (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Noleander (talk) 16:51, 22 May 2025 (UTC).

@Noleander: Article newly GA'd and long enough. The copyvio issue is as mentioned, with no detected plagiarism aside from the flagged quotations. The second hook is verified and mentioned directly inline (I went ahead and added "fistfights" verbatim). The original hook is... a bit iffy about "mentioned inline", plus the article mentions the Du Bois really only began negatively talking about it in 1901 (which makes 14 years, not 20). Passing ALT1 and rejecting ALT0 for now, subject to revision. Juxlos (talk) 00:06, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. Regarding ALT0, you are correct that sources mention various durations of the feud: The "start" year is fuzzy: Some say 1895-1915 (20 yrs); or 1901-1915 (14 yrs) or 1903-1915 (12 yrs). So maybe ALT1 is indeed safer. Noleander (talk) 00:11, 1 June 2025 (UTC)