Melvin B. Tolson

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debate coach educator human poet politician professor

Melvin B. Tolson was an influential American poet, educator, and politician known for his modernist verse and for coaching the renowned debate team at Wiley College.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Melvin B. Tolson canonical	4
Melvin B. Tolson Jr.	1
Melvin Beaunorus Tolson	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	debate coach ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ poet ⓘ politician ⓘ professor ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1898-02-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1966-08-29 ⓘ
educatedAt	Columbia University ⓘ Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) ⓘ
employer	Langston University ⓘ Wiley College ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Tolson ⓘ
fieldOfWork	African American studies ⓘ surface form: African-American studies rhetoric ⓘ
fullName	Melvin B. Tolson self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Melvin Beaunorus Tolson
genre	modernist poetry ⓘ
givenName	Melvin ⓘ
hasChild	Blyden Jackson Tolson ⓘ Edna Mae Tolson ⓘ Hugh Tolson NERFINISHED ⓘ Melvin B. Tolson self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Melvin B. Tolson Jr.
knownFor	coaching the Wiley College debate team ⓘ complex, allusive modernist verse ⓘ depicting African-American history and culture in poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	African-American literature ⓘ modernism ⓘ
name	Melvin B. Tolson self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Harlem Gallery ⓘ Libretto for the Republic of Liberia ⓘ Rendezvous with America ⓘ
occupation	drama teacher ⓘ educator ⓘ journalist ⓘ poet ⓘ politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Moberly, Missouri ⓘ surface form: Moberly, Missouri, United States
placeOfDeath	Dallas, Texas ⓘ surface form: Dallas, Texas, United States
portrayedBy	Denzel Washington ⓘ
positionHeld	mayor of Langston, Oklahoma ⓘ professor at Langston University ⓘ professor of English at Wiley College ⓘ
religion	Methodism ⓘ
residence	Langston, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ Marshall, Texas, United States ⓘ
spouse	Ruth Southall Tolson ⓘ
subjectOf	The Great Debaters ⓘ surface form: film "The Great Debaters"

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Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) → hasNotableAlumnus → Melvin B. Tolson ⓘ

The Great Debaters → mainCharacter → Melvin B. Tolson ⓘ

The Great Debaters → featuresCharacterBasedOn → Melvin B. Tolson ⓘ

Melvin B. Tolson → name → Melvin B. Tolson self-link ⓘ

Melvin B. Tolson → fullName → Melvin B. Tolson self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Melvin Beaunorus Tolson

Melvin B. Tolson → hasChild → Melvin B. Tolson self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Melvin B. Tolson Jr.