John Salter Jr.

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John Salter Jr. was a civil rights activist and professor best known for his leadership in the Jackson Movement and his role in organizing sit-ins against racial segregation in Mississippi.

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instanceOf civil rights activist
human
professor
advocatedFor Native American rights
racial integration
voting rights for African Americans
affiliation Jackson Movement NERFINISHED
NAACP NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs John Hunter Gray NERFINISHED
John R. Salter Jr. NERFINISHED
citizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1934-02-14
dateOfDeath 2019-01-07
degree bachelor’s degree in sociology
master’s degree in sociology
educatedAt Morningside College NERFINISHED
University of Iowa NERFINISHED
employer Mary College NERFINISHED
Tougaloo College NERFINISHED
University of Iowa NERFINISHED
University of North Dakota NERFINISHED
ethnicity Choctaw NERFINISHED
Native American
gender male
knownFor leadership in the Jackson Movement
organizing sit-ins against racial segregation in Jackson, Mississippi
participation in the Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in in Jackson, Mississippi
movement American civil rights movement
notableEvent Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in in Jackson, Mississippi on 1963-05-28 NERFINISHED
notableFor being attacked and beaten during the 1963 Jackson Woolworth’s sit-in
occupation civil rights activist
college professor
sociologist
placeOfBirth Sioux City, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Pocatello, Idaho, United States NERFINISHED
politicalIdeology progressivism
positionHeld chair of the social science department at Tougaloo College
professor of sociology
residence Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States NERFINISHED
Jackson, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED
Pocatello, Idaho, United States NERFINISHED
roleInEvent organizer of Jackson Woolworth’s sit-in
participant in Jackson Movement mass protests
spouse Manuela Salter NERFINISHED
subjectOf photographs of the 1963 Jackson Woolworth’s sit-in
wrote Jackson, Mississippi: An American Chronicle of Struggle and Schism NERFINISHED
Jackson, Mississippi: Development of a City NERFINISHED

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