Mary White Ovington
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Mary White Ovington was an American suffragist, journalist, and civil rights activist who played a key role in the early 20th-century struggle for racial equality in the United States.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ suffragist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| coFounded |
NAACP
ⓘ
surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1865-04-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1951-07-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Packer Collegiate Institute
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Radcliffe College ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Ovington ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
journalism
ⓘ
race relations ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| fullName | Mary White Ovington self-link ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for African American civil rights
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co-founding the NAACP ⓘ support for women's suffrage ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
NAACP
ⓘ
surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
|
| movement |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
surface form:
civil rights movement
women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Half a Man: The Status of the Negro in New York
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And the Walls Came Tumbling Down ⓘ
surface form:
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Toward Full Freedom ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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civil rights activist ⓘ journalist ⓘ social worker ⓘ suffragist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brooklyn
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New York ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Connecticut
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Greenwich, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Greenwich
United States of America ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | socialist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
acting secretary of the NAACP
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chair of the board of directors of the NAACP ⓘ treasurer of the NAACP ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Brooklyn
ⓘ
Greenwich, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Greenwich
New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |