Template:Did you know nominations/El Monte Legion Stadium
- 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 BorgQueen (talk) 12:50, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
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El Monte Legion Stadium
Legion Stadium in the 1950s
- ... that the rock and roll shows at El Monte Legion Stadium (pictured) hosted by Art Laboe and Johnny Otis were deemed "unhealthy" and "unwholesome" by the local city council? Source: "Art Laboe ... and [Johnny] Otis began staging the majority of their dances at the American Legion Stadium in El Monte ... In 1956, the El Monte City Council revoked the dance permit they had issued ... on the grounds that 'rock and roll creates an unwholesome, unhealthy situation,' but Otis fought back against what he called "racism, under the guise of all-American morality." Arguing that the decision was designed to prevent youth race mixing, Otis, joined by ... representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the recently integrated musicians' union Local 47, successfully pressured the council into rescinding their ban." (Bringing Music to the People: Race, Urban Culture, and Municipal Politics in Postwar Los Angeles by Anthony Macías, p. 709–710)
- ALT1: ... that when the dance permit for El Monte Legion Stadium (pictured) was revoked, Johnny Otis accused the local city council of racism and, with the ACLU and NAACP, successfully reversed their decision? Source: Ibid
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Sluishuis
- Comment:
DYK coming soon... Also, I have one or two more ALTs to offer, but I need to wrap things up for now.I'll pass on the additional ALTs, unless requested to do so. QPQ finished!
Created by CurryTime7-24 (talk). Self-nominated at 05:14, 3 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/El Monte Legion Stadium; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
Offline print source supports both hooks; good to go. Leaving the coin toss over which will make the front page to other editors. --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 11:05, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
