Talk:Jessie Coles Grayson

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:07, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

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• ... that when Jessie Grayson played Mrs. Higbee in Cass Timberlane, it was the first time an African-American had been addressed on screen by the honorific "Mrs."? "Veteran colored screen actress Jessie Grayson ... soon to be seen as the housekeeper in MGM's 'Cass Timberlane', adds to her stature in this picture when she becomes the first Negro credited and addressed as 'Mrs.' in a Hollywood film." Source: Hollywood calls Negro "Mrs." For First Time, Alabama Tribune, 24 October 1947, p. 6. [1]; "... actress Jessie Coles Grayson, whose distinction was her role in the film 'Cass Timberlane,' a role that marked 'the first time a Negro woman was called ‘Mrs.’ in a picture.'" Source: LA Times 1999
  • ALT1:... that when Jessie Grayson played Mrs. Higbee in Cass Timberlane, it was the first time an African-American maid had been addressed in a Hollywood film by the honorific "Mrs."? Source: "Hollywood calls Negro maid 'Mrs.' for first time", Ebony 1947

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Brigitte Kronauer (As I've been added to some DYK nominations, I'm not sure if I'm within my first 5 or have just passed that, so have done one to be sure.)
• Comment: Servant, or maid, perhaps?

Created by RebeccaGreen (talk). Self-nominated at 14:24, 3 August 2019 (UTC).

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: Great AfC draft rescue. RebeccaGreen, I hope you don't mind, I added a link to the Alabama Tribune source for ALT0, and a second source (LA Times), and per your comment about "maid" or "servant", I struck the word "servant" from the hook, because neither the Tribune nor the Times specifies "maid" or "servant" AFAICS, but just says "Negro" or "Negro woman". For ALT1, I added what I assumed was the source (Ebony), and per that source, changed "servant" to "maid" in the hook. All of these sources were already in the article, so either hook works, though I think the broader one (ALT0) is more impactful. – Levivich 02:21, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, Levivich, that's all fine with me. RebeccaGreen (talk) 02:32, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks

thx Victuallers (talk) 11:14, 5 August 2019 (UTC)