Joel Elias Spingarn
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Joel Elias Spingarn was an American educator, literary critic, and civil rights activist who played a key leadership role in the early NAACP.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur B. Spingarn | 3 | 0 |
| Spingarn Medal | 3 | 0 |
| Amy Einstein Spingarn | 1 | 0 |
| Spingarn | 0 | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Jew
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civil rights activist → civil rights award → educator → human → human → human → literary critic → |
| awardedBy |
NAACP
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surface form: "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
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| causeOfDeath | heart attack → |
| country | United States of America → |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America → |
| dateOfBirth | 1875-05-17 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1939-07-26 → |
| educatedAt | Columbia University → |
| employer | Columbia University → |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans → |
| familyName |
Joel Elias Spingarn
self-linksurface differs
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surface form: "Spingarn"
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| fieldOfWork |
civil rights movement
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comparative literature → literary criticism → |
| founded | Spingarn Medal → |
| fullName | Joel Elias Spingarn self-link → |
| givenName | Joel → |
| inception |
Spingarn Medal
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surface form: "Spingarn Medal 1914"
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| knownFor |
Spingarn Medal
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advocacy for African American civil rights → early leadership in the NAACP → |
| memberOf |
NAACP
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surface form: "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
NAACP →
surface form: "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
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| movement | American civil rights movement → |
| notableWork |
A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance
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Creative Criticism → New Criticism →
surface form: "The New Criticism"
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| occupation |
civil rights activist
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educator → lawyer → literary critic → publisher → |
| placeOfBirth | New York City → |
| placeOfDeath |
Town of Cornwall, New York
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surface form: "Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York"
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| politicalParty |
Republican Party
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surface form: "Republican Party (United States)"
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| positionHeld |
chairman of the board of directors of the NAACP
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president of the NAACP → professor of comparative literature at Columbia University → |
| religion | Judaism → |
| residence |
Town of Cornwall, New York
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surface form: "Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York"
New York City → |
| sibling | Arthur B. Spingarn → |
| spouse | Amy Einstein Spingarn → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Spingarn"