Oliver Brown
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Oliver Brown was the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that ended legal racial segregation in public schools.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linda Brown | 1 |
| Oliver Brown et al. | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights figure
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person ⓘ |
| advocatedFor | desegregation of public schools ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | end of legal racial segregation in U.S. public schools ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateOfBirth | 1918 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1961 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
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| filedCaseOnBehalfOf | his daughter Linda Brown ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Oliver Brown
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Linda Brown
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| historicalSignificance | central figure in the Supreme Court decision declaring segregated public schools unconstitutional ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent civil rights litigation in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor | being the lead plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| legalAction | lawsuit against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| legalRepresentation | Thurgood Marshall ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| name | Oliver Brown self-link ⓘ |
| notableCase | Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| occupation |
assistant pastor
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welder ⓘ |
| opposed | racial segregation in public schools ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Springfield, Kansas ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| race | African American ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| representedBy | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ |
| roleIn | lead plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| spouse | Leola Brown ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Linda Brown
subject surface form:
Brown v. Board of Education