Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/White House hospitality toward African Americans

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The result was speedy keep (Nomination withdrawn). St Anselm (talk) 06:44, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

White House hospitality toward African Americans[edit]

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This article takes two slightly-related incidents and tries to connect them. But the concept is far too broad, and is of dubious significance. How many times have the Obamas shown hospitality to African Americans? St Anselm (talk) 06:04, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote Jessie DePriest tea at the White House and Booker T. Washington dinner at the White House a couple of days ago. I'm merging them because, having read all those sources I see there is a coherent subject here. I don't intend to cover, in this article, all black visitors to the White House, of course. But I shall be covering most such visits from the dinner with the Haitian ambassador and his black wife in 1798 (and the uproar that caused) to Sammy Davis Jr's sleepover during Nixon's tenure. I'm writing this history and I'd appreciate it if StAnselm would extend a little trust that someone who's read all the sources knows what he's doing here. I'm going offline for a while now. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 06:15, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, the existence of this article has nothing to do with the proposed merge. I am happy to withdraw in light of your proposed direction. St Anselm (talk) 06:43, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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