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Mildred McAdory
Mildred McAdory
  • Source: Winters, Andrew J. (2018). "Seed of Resistance," "Symbol of Struggle": The Radical Life of Mildred McAdory, 1915-1988.
"The popular view is that the modern civil rights movement began with Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat. […] however, digging deeper into the origin of the civil rights movement and helping to inspire Parks’ actions, we find that there was in fact a hidden “grandmother” to the movement, another courageous woman, Mildred McAdory."
Created by Guerreroast (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.

Roast (talk) 15:16, 5 October 2025 (UTC).

  • Formalities aside, the hook is both interesting and bold at the same time. However, based on the quote given I found some lapse in the article's mentioned inferrence. The quote stated that McAdory's action helping to inspire Parks’ actions, meaning that it was not the sole inspiration. Adding to the dubiousness is the fact that the statement is written in first person. I also have quite some concerns about the fact presented in the statement since it doesn't even appear on any other sources. Thank you. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 09:45, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
it also appears in Peoples's World (https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/communists-and-the-long-struggle-for-african-american-equality/#:~:text=Another%2C%20though%20lesser%20known%2C%20African,defeat%20of%20Jim%20Crow%20racism.) "McAdory refused to give up her bus seat to a white person in Birmingham, Ala., in the early 1940s. Rosa Parks would later credit SYNC and CP leaders like McAdory for their groundbreaking tactics that hastened the defeat of Jim Crow racism." This mention of Rosa Parks may be a parallel drawn between McAdory and Parks, with Parks possibly not stating McAdory specifically. If you want, you can accept ALT1: "...that Mildred McAdory was arrested in 1942 for refusing to stand from her bus seat?" Roast (talk) 21:50, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
@Roast: Thank you for your suggestion! This is a much more straightforward and verifiable hook. Approved. Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 09:17, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
@Guerreroast and Jeromi Mikhael: Evaluating for promotion, and the approved hook does not square with the article text: The four were ordered to exit the bus and enter the police car, which McAdory refused. Police threatened to beat her when she asked what she was being charged with. Instead of arresting her, police took another man – a standee – and left. Afterward, she and another black man willingly exited the bus, with her threatening to the bus driver to report them to the bus company. The bus driver encouraged her, then kicked her in the back as she was exiting and yelled to police to arrest her also. It reads as if she was not arrested until after she willingly left the bus, so the sequence in the hook is not quite right. Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:42, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
marking as on hold while issues are resolved. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 02:56, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

@Guerreroast: Please address the above.--Launchballer 03:29, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

  • Old hook was written before major expansion which made this inaccurate. Verify new hook: "... that Mildred McAdory was fired from a newspaper for suggesting it be written in simpler language?" Source: Winters 2018, pp. 41–43. Roast (talk) 03:55, 29 November 2025 (UTC)
I'd need a quote from the source anyway, but Winters is a masters WP:THESIS - what makes it a reliable source?--Launchballer 14:28, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
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