Melba Pattillo Beals
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Melba Pattillo Beals is an American civil rights activist and journalist best known as one of the Little Rock Nine who integrated Central High School in 1957.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Melba Pattillo Beals canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Congressional Gold Medal
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NAACP Image Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert F. Kennedy Book Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Spingarn Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1941-12-07 ⓘ |
| degree |
bachelor’s degree in journalism
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master’s degree in journalism ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
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Little Rock Central High School NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery High School NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Dominican University of California
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KQED NERFINISHED ⓘ NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ People magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName |
Beals
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Pattillo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights movement
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education ⓘ journalism ⓘ |
| fullName | Melba Joyner Pattillo Beals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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children’s literature ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Melba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Little Rock Nine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the Little Rock Nine
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desegregation of Little Rock Central High School ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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educator ⓘ journalist ⓘ public speaker ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Little Rock, Arkansas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chair of the communications department at Dominican University of California ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Warriors Don’t Cry
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documentaries about the Little Rock Nine ⓘ |
| wrote |
March Forward, Girl
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Warriors Don’t Cry NERFINISHED ⓘ White is a State of Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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