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instanceOf
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NAACP leader
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civil rights activist
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human
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burialPlace
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Arlington National Cemetery
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causeOfDeath
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assassination
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gunshot wound
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commemoratedBy
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Medgar Evers College
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Medgar Wiley Evers Airport
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Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
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conflict
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World War II
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countryOfCitizenship
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United States of America
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dateOfBirth
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1925-07-02
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dateOfDeath
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1963-06-12
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educatedAt
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Alcorn A&M College
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Alcorn State University
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employer
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NAACP
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ethnicGroup
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African American
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familyName
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Evers
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givenName
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Medgar
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hasCause
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racial hatred
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honorificTitle
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martyr of the civil rights movement
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mannerOfDeath
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homicide
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militaryBranch
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United States Army
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movement
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American civil rights movement
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notableFor
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being assassinated for his civil rights work
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leadership in the civil rights movement in Mississippi
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notableWork
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boycotts of segregated businesses
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campaigns against segregation in Mississippi
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efforts to desegregate the University of Mississippi
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voter registration drives in Mississippi
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numberOfChildren
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3
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occupation
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NAACP field secretary
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civil rights activist
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organizer
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participantIn
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civil rights protests in Mississippi
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struggle against racial segregation in the United States
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placeOfBirth
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Decatur, Mississippi
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Newton County, Mississippi
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United States of America
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placeOfDeath
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Hinds County, Mississippi
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Jackson, Mississippi
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United States of America
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positionHeld
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civil rights organizer
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field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi
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religion
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Christianity
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residence
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Jackson, Mississippi
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sexOrGender
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male
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spouse
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Myrlie Evers
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Myrlie Evers-Williams
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victimOf
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racially motivated assassination
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