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Wikipedia wants YOUR help to improve our coverage of Black Lives Matter and related topics! For the entire month of June 2020, we are holding the Black Lives Matter article improvement drive, a collaborative effort to improve our articles on topics relating to racism, racialized violence, and the African diaspora more widely. Whether you're new to Wikipedia or an experienced editor, your help is greatly appreciated. The recent killing of George Floyd and others have exposed continuing racial divisions in the United States. This has manifested in widespread protests and movements like Blackout Tuesday which are important topics for Wikipedia to cover. One of the best ways to fight ignorance and bias is knowledge, and improving Wikipedia content on African-Americans and the African diaspora more generally helps to educate the world and counter Wikipedia's systemic bias.

There are tons of ways you can help out! The page below is divided into sections to help you identify places you would like to work. #Where to help provides lists of articles curated by editors and machines which could use improvement. If this is your first time editing Wikipedia, that section is a good place to start. #New or upgraded articles lists articles which are further along in their development and could use attention from copy editors, proofreaders, and reviewers. If you don't have much time to write, the articles listed there would benefit from minor edits. #New media lists recently uploaded images and other media that can be used in articles. If you have photos you can upload them under a free license to share with others. #Participants lists editors who have signed up to help with this effort. If you need advice or help, contact one of them on their talk page or post on the project talk page.

Collaborations / getting to GA/FA

Suggested collaborations / articles that would be good to get to Good Article or Featured Article status include:

• Black Lives Matter - currently GA, let's get it to FA

• needed work:

• Police brutality in the United States -- currently C class, let's get it to GA

• needed work:

• better lede section
• clarify "recent events" (when?)
• update/cleanup legal section
• go through sources - are any good sources (books etc) missing from refs/further reading

• Juneteenth -- currently B-class, Let's improve to GA
• African-American newspapers -- currently listed as stub. Let's reassess, and improve to B or GA. This one is especially worthwhile because it can help Wikipedia editors better assess source materials for other articles. (see also: List of African-American newspapers
• U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present) -- currently C class. Has been the subject of several classroom projects. (also Colin Kaepernick)
• Rooney Rule -- "affirmative action" for sports executives. Start class.
• Tabor-Loris Tribune -- currently stub/start. In 1953 this newspaper in KKK country won a Pulitzer for public service, for publishing over 100 stories on the KKK, which drove an FBI investigation resulting in 254 KKK convictions. Need more than a stub here.
• put additional suggestions here
• Police reform in the United States This article needs to be updated with what is currently happening. It's currently a C; it would be nice to see it be a GA.
• Racism in Oregon -- Start class, needs a LOT of work! - Pete Forsyth ( talk) 17:11, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Missing articles

Editor suggestions

• Bill Lewinski/Force Science Institute - possible sources: [1] [2] [3]
• Fuck the police (slogan) From article Police abolition movement: The phrase "fuck the police," which according to researchers David Correia and Tyler Wall "emerged as the unofficial motto" during the Rodney King riots, is sometimes understood as a call for police abolition. Source: Police: A Field Guide
• SB 1421 ("landmark police transparency law" in California [4])

Wikidata generated lists

These lists are auto-generate to show pages which do not exist on the English Wikipedia, but do have articles on other language Wikipedias:

• African women
• African American people
• Black women in visual arts
• Slaves
• Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers
• African-American women physicians
• Dictionary of African Biography
• US Educational institution: Alabama A&M University, Flordia A&M University, Howard University, North Carolina A&T State University, Prairie View A&M University, Spelman College, Tuskegee University

Other lists with articles that need to be created

Integrating public domain material

Google Books has many pre-1925 issues of The Crisis (NAACP publication) available scanned online. [5] All pre-1925 issues are in the public domain. Some of these include biographical profiles that can be adapted for inclusion in Wikipedia. They also often have photographs of prominent black people, which can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Note that some portions of 1925-or-later issues may no longer be in copyright either, but this analysis is a little more nuanced. See here.

Find an article

Below are some ideas for articles to work on this month; feel free to help curate the list!

Stubs!

Stubs are very short articles in need of expansion:

Assessment table

Here's a table of all African diaspora articles by quality. A good place to start is Top or High importance articles that are C class or below.

African diaspora articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	9	8	16	12		5	50
FL			2	3		1	6
A				2			2
GA	27	24	50	87		37	225
B	135	134	178	450		248	1,145
C	209	208	444	2,001	2	1,210	4,074
Start	266	168	496	4,045	15	3,087	8,077
Stub	29	77	99	1,390	5	1,620	3,220
List	1	7	29	114	2	127	280
Category				4	3,532		3,536
Disambig				1	11		12
File				1	84		85
Project					15		15
Redirect	2	8	8	43	220		281
Template		2		1	130		133
NA					5		5
Other				1	109		110
Assessed	678	636	1,322	8,155	4,130	6,335	21,256
Unassessed				1			1
Total	678	636	1,322	8,156	4,130	6,335	21,257
WikiWork factors ( ?)		ω = 79,901			Ω = 4.76

Finding sources and research help

Need help doing research on a topic or getting access to resources? There are a number of Wikipedians who are willing and able to help provide access to sources for use on the encyclopedia.

• User:Wugapodes has online access to a lot of books and papers. Let them know if you need resources.
• You can request a specific resource at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request
• The Wikipedia Library provides a number of Wikipedians with access to academic databases for improving content. Wikipedians by access to a digital library organizes users with such access by the database they have access to, and many will be willing to share resources with you.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange and the associated category has wikipedians with access to sources and willing to share them.
• Google Books - snippets can be gleaned most productively at times and can be used to produce a start class article and defy the odds
• Newspapers.com has many newspapers. Free access can be granted via the Wikipedia Library Card Platform
• JSTOR has various journal articles
• The Internet Archive has numerous books available for virtual check-out
• Wikipedia:Free English newspaper sources lists various free newspapers
• Google Sheet with Black Women Academics list showing completeness of articles, images, etc.
• List of papers and books by topic curated by the Stanford Psychology Department Diversity Committee
• C-SPAN video search for "Black Lives Matter", C-SPAN speakers identified as representing Black Lives Matter, "George Floyd" search results at C-SPAN - Note: There are many many many additional pertinent videos available for use at the C-SPAN website that may not be tagged with Black Lives Matter.

Most recent on top, please, specifying upgraded if not new. Add Template:WikiProject Black Lives Matter June 2020 to the article's talk page.

George Floyd

George Floyd protests in the United States

Monuments and memorials

DYK nominations

Help review these pages nominated for Did You Know; especially useful if you need a QPQ for your own nomination

Current Good or Featured article nominees

There's nothing here. Better get busy!

Please place the newest images at the top.

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  Toronto
• Juneteenth flag
  Juneteenth flag
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  Musician Laraaji

California

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  Black Lives Matter mural in San Francisco, CA
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  Mural in Oakland, CA
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  Signs in Oakland, CA
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  Oakland City Hall
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  Oakland City Hall
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  San Francisco, CA
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  San Francisco, CA
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  Century City, CA
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  San Francisco, CA
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  Protest in Oakland, CA
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  Protest in Oakland, CA
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  Black Lives Matter sign in my window in Sonoma, CA.
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  BLM protest in Sonoma, CA

District of Columbia

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  Juneteenth
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  Washington, DC
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  Washington, DC
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  Karen Bass supporting Black Dreamers
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  "For Ahmaud. For Breonna. For George. We kneel." - Karen Bass
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  Karen Bass
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  "African Americans make up 14% of this country but 33% of the reported deaths due to COVID-19. That’s wrong." - Karen Bass
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  Karen Bass with Patrisse Cullors
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  Karen Bass speaking in support of the "Justice in Policing Act"
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  "Urge Congress to remove flags w/ confederate symbols from U.S. Capitol grounds."
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  Congressional Black Caucus hosts press conference asking Justice Department to #stopthekillings
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  "Today, the Financial Services Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion held a hearing addressing the Racial and Gender Wealth Gap In America. I am delighted to serve on this subcommittee with my colleague Joyce Beatty and work with talented professionals like Lisa D. Cook of MSU" –  Alma Adams, 2019
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  US Democratic Senators stand 8 minutes and 46 seconds
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  Alma Adams supporting HBCUs, 2019
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  "The #Momnibus press conference starts now. #BlackMomsMatter"
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  "This #Momnibus legislation says, unequivocally, that #BlackMomsMatter. I’m proud to stand with my colleagues to unveil a comprehensive package that tackles one of the greatest public health crises of our time."
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  "#BlackMomsMatter and we are going to continue to fight for all of them." – Alma Adams with Lauren Underwood and Kamala Harris in 2020
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  Gwen Carr and Al Sharpton meeting with Cory Booker in 2019
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  US Democratic Senators kneel and stand 8 minutes and 46 seconds

New York

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  Brooklyn Bride - New York, NY
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  New York, NY
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  Gwen Carr, 2016
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  Gwen Carr, 2016
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  Gwen Carr, 2016
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  Gwen Carr, 2016
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  Gwen Carr, 2016
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  Gwen Carr, 2016
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  Gwen Carr, 2016

North Carolina

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  "I am glad to hear city officials heeded my calls and the calls of others to release the Keith Lamont Scott video footage today." – Alma Adams, 2016
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  "We all deserve the truth & justice. We will emerge from this stronger & safer b/c we chose to address our problems even after tv crews leave" - Alma Adams, 2016
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  Black Lives Matter mural in progress in Charlotte, North Carolina
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  "Charlotte has amazing artists. Everyone in our city should be proud of this work. #blm" – Alma Adams
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  "Charlotte has amazing artists. Everyone in our city should be proud of this work. #blm" – Alma Adams
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  "Charlotte has amazing artists. Everyone in our city should be proud of this work. #blm" – Alma Adams
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  "Charlotte has amazing artists. Everyone in our city should be proud of this work. #blm" – Alma Adams
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  Alma Adams speaking at a Black Lives Matter protest, 2020
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  Alma Adams speaking at a Black Lives Matter protest, 2020
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  Alma Adams speaking at a Black Lives Matter protest, 2020

Oregon

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  BLM event on Juneteenth, PDX
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  BLM event on Juneteenth, PDX
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  BLM posters at Keller Auditorium, Portland
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  Unknown black residents of Oregon. Photo dates back to the 1800s
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  Oregon leaders meeting with the KKK.
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  BLM signs in windows in SE Portland
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  Graffiti
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  Graffiti along Waterfront Park
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  Boarded up windows
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  Boarded up windows
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  Graffiti outside Pioneer Place
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  Pioneer Courthouse Square
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  Pioneer Courthouse Square
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  Mural outside Apple Store
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  Pioneer Place
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  Mural outside Apple Store
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  Pioneer Place
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  BLM sign on a park bench
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  Plaza Blocks
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  Multnomah County Justice Center
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  Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse
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  Multnomah County Justice Center
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  Terry Schrunk Plaza
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  Terry Schrunk Plaza
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  Terry Schrunk Plaza
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  Terry Schrunk Plaza
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  Terry Schrunk Plaza
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  Multnomah County Justice Center

Texas

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  2019 Garland NAACP Veterans Forum with Colin Allred
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  2019 Garland NAACP Veterans Forum with Colin Allred
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  2019 Garland NAACP Veterans Forum with Colin Allred
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  2019 Garland NAACP Veterans Forum with Colin Allred

• When creating articles from scratch, and given they meet the criteria, you should definitely nominate them for DYK, so that it can appear on the front page!
• Barnstar to come!

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Black Lives Matter/July 2020
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Black Lives Matter/August 2020