C. L. Dellums

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African American civil rights activist human labor leader trade unionist

C. L. Dellums was a prominent African American labor leader and civil rights activist who helped advance Black workers’ rights and racial equality in the United States.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
C. L. Dellums canonical	3
Dellums	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ labor leader ⓘ trade unionist ⓘ
activeIn	20th-century American labor organizing ⓘ 20th-century United States politics ⓘ
advocatedFor	desegregation of workplaces ⓘ racial equality in employment ⓘ unionization of African American workers ⓘ
birthDate	1900-01-03 ⓘ
birthPlace	Brenham, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfFame	helping secure better wages and working conditions for Pullman porters ⓘ leadership in Black labor rights and civil rights in the United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1989-12-06 ⓘ
deathPlace	Oakland, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans
familyName	Dellums NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Cottrell Laurence Dellums NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Cottrell NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole	mentor to younger Black labor activists ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters NERFINISHED ⓘ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	American labor movement ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: civil rights movement
notableFor	advocacy for Black workers’ rights ⓘ civil rights activism in California ⓘ leadership in the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ⓘ
notablePlaceOfActivity	California NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	civil rights leader ⓘ labor organizer ⓘ railroad worker ⓘ
positionHeld	President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ⓘ President of the California State NAACP ⓘ Vice President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ⓘ
relative	Ron Dellums NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Oakland, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
workedOn	campaigns against employment discrimination ⓘ campaigns for fair labor standards for Black workers ⓘ efforts to organize Pullman porters ⓘ

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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters → notableLeader → C. L. Dellums ⓘ

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters → keyPerson → C. L. Dellums ⓘ

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters → notableMember → C. L. Dellums ⓘ

Ron Dellums → familyName → C. L. Dellums ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dellums