A fact from John Thomas Douglass appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that John Thomas Douglass'sVirginia's Ball, which premiered in 1868, is generally regarded as the first opera written by a black composer?
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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.
The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 14:34, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Overall: This is my first DYK review, so another reviewer may wish to double-check before promoting. Everything looks good, though! I prefer ALT1. ezlevtlk ctrbs 19:52, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]