Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas
E32806
Mount Hope Cemetery in Topeka, Kansas is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of Oliver Brown, a central figure in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Brown v. Board of Education
ⓘ
surface form:
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
|
| associatedWithTheme |
public education civil rights
ⓘ
racial desegregation in the United States ⓘ |
| commemorates |
local residents of Topeka
ⓘ
participants in regional history ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| governedBy | local cemetery regulations of Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| hasAccessibility | publicly accessible burial ground ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
civil rights history
ⓘ
local Topeka history ⓘ |
| hasFunction | commemoration of the dead ⓘ |
| hasGraveOf | Oliver Brown ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole | site of remembrance for figures in civil rights history ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeFeature |
grave markers
ⓘ
headstones ⓘ monuments ⓘ trees and lawns ⓘ |
| hasNotableBurial | Oliver Brown ⓘ |
| hasReligiousUse | Christian burial practices ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfGraves |
family plots
ⓘ
individual graves ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic cemetery (local significance) ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
cemeteries in Kansas
ⓘ
cemeteries in Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kansas
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ North America ⓘ Shawnee County, Kansas ⓘ Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation case
ⓘ
being the final resting place of Oliver Brown ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burials
ⓘ
memorial services ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.