James Bevel

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James Bevel was a prominent American civil rights leader and strategist, closely associated with Martin Luther King Jr., who played key roles in major campaigns such as the Freedom Rides, the Selma voting rights movement, and anti-war activism.

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Rev. James Bevel 2
James Luther Bevel 1

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instanceOf civil rights activist
clergyman
human
nonviolence theorist
advocated desegregation of public facilities
nonviolent direct action
opposition to the Vietnam War
voting rights for African Americans
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1936-10-19
dateOfDeath 2008-12-19
denomination Baptists
surface form: Baptist
educatedAt American Baptist Theological Seminary
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Bevel
givenName James
influenced Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
surface form: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activists
influencedBy Mahatma Gandhi
Martin Luther King Jr.
knownFor advocacy of nonviolent direct action
close collaboration with Martin Luther King Jr.
strategic leadership in the American civil rights movement
memberOf Southern Christian Leadership Conference
middleName Luther
movement American civil rights movement
nonviolence movement
name James Bevel self-linksurface differs
surface form: James Luther Bevel
notableWork initiator of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches
organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
organizer of the 1966 Chicago Open Housing Movement
organizer of the 1967 National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam march on the Pentagon
strategist of the Birmingham Children’s Crusade
strategist of the Selma voting rights campaign
occupation Baptist minister
civil rights leader
participantIn Birmingham campaign
Chicago Freedom Movement
Freedom Rides
Selma to Montgomery marches
surface form: Selma voting rights movement

anti–Vietnam War movement
partnerInActivismWith Diane Nash
Martin Luther King Jr.
placeOfBirth Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States
placeOfDeath Springfield, Virginia
surface form: Springfield, Virginia, United States
positionHeld Director of Direct Action and Nonviolent Education, Southern Christian Leadership Conference
religion Christianity
spouse Diane Nash

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Chicago Freedom Movement hasLeader James Bevel
Leo Tolstoy influenced James Bevel
Turnaround Tuesday ledBy James Bevel
James Bevel name James Bevel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: James Luther Bevel
Children's Crusade organizedBy James Bevel
subject surface form: Children's Crusade (1963)
this entity surface form: Rev. James Bevel
Children's March organizedBy James Bevel
this entity surface form: Rev. James Bevel
Diane Nash spouse James Bevel
Dorothy Cotton workedWith James Bevel