A fact from Ita Ekpenyon appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 June 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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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.
... that Ita Ekpenyon is the only known black air raid warden of the Blitz? "Westminster Council’s lead education officer Peter Daniel saw it and realised it showed Ita Ekpenyon – the only recorded black air raid warden at a Remembrance Day march 1941." from: Graham, Georgia (8 October 2010). "Black war hero hailed by young animators". Hampstead Highgate Express. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
ALT1:... that Ita Ekpenyon coached American actor Paul Robeson in speaking the Efik language for the 1937 film King Solomon's Mines? "There is, for instance, E. I. Ekpenyon, an ebony-black Efik frim Nigeria, who coaches Paul Robeson in the Efik speeches of the picture" from: "Negro Scholar in New British Film". Star-Phoenix. 7 November 1936. p. 4. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
ALT2:... that Ita Ekpenyon is "among the most well-known of the black people who experienced the Blitz"? "One of a small community of only 15,000 Londoners of African origin, Ita is among the most well-known of the black people who experienced the Blitz, largely because he wrote a memoir of his service." from: Worsley, Lucy (5 February 2021). "Lucy Worsley on Blitz Spirit: the courageous stories of six Londoners". HistoryExtra. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
New, long enough, well-referenced, follows Wikipedia guidelines, no sign of copyright violation, QPQ done. All three hooks are inline supported by a reference. I would choose ALT1, since it gives more focus on Ekpenyon's intellectual abilities (language and teaching skills) rather than just his blackness. (The fact that Ekpenyon is quoted for his reaction against racism in an incident during the Blitz is interesting in the core of the article, but that's not in the proposed hooks, and would probably not be easy to put into a neat snappy hook.) Ready to go! Boud (talk) 00:17, 7 June 2021 (UTC)Reply
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New, long enough, well-referenced, follows Wikipedia guidelines, no sign of copyright violation, QPQ done. All three hooks are inline supported by a reference. I would choose ALT1, since it gives more focus on Ekpenyon's intellectual abilities (language and teaching skills) rather than just his blackness. (The fact that Ekpenyon is quoted for his reaction against racism in an incident during the Blitz is interesting in the core of the article, but that's not in the proposed hooks, and would probably not be easy to put into a neat snappy hook.) Ready to go! Boud (talk) 00:17, 7 June 2021 (UTC)