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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Salter Jr. canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
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human ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
Native American rights
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racial integration ⓘ voting rights for African Americans ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Jackson Movement
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NAACP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
John Hunter Gray
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John R. Salter Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-02-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-01-07 ⓘ |
| degree |
bachelor’s degree in sociology
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master’s degree in sociology ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Morningside College
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University of Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Mary College
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Tougaloo College NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ University of North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Choctaw
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Native American ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leadership in the Jackson Movement
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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
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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
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professor of sociology ⓘ |
| residence |
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
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Jackson, Mississippi, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Pocatello, Idaho, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
organizer of Jackson Woolworth’s sit-in
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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
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Jackson, Mississippi: Development of a City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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