Cynthia Wesley

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civil rights movement victim person

Cynthia Wesley was one of the four African-American girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, a pivotal tragedy of the Civil Rights Movement.

Aliases (1)

Cynthia Dionne Wesley ×1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights movement victim → person →
adoptedBy	Claude Wesley → Gertrude Wesley →
adoptiveFather	Claude Wesley →
adoptiveMother	Gertrude Wesley →
ageAtDeath	14 →
associatedWithEvent	1963 Birmingham campaign →
associatedWithPlace	16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham →
attended	16th Street Baptist Church →
birthName	Cynthia Dionne Morris →
burialPlace	Birmingham, Alabama, United States →
causeOfDeath	church bombing → terrorist attack →
commemoratedOn	Birmingham Civil Rights Institute exhibits →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
coVictimWith	Addie Mae Collins → Carole Robertson → Denise McNair →
dateOfBirth	1949-04-30 →
dateOfDeath	1963-09-15 →
educatedAt	Parker High School →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Wesley →
fullName	Cynthia Dionne Wesley →
gender	female →
givenName	Cynthia →
hasRole	Sunday school attendee →
historicalSignificance	her death galvanized support for civil rights legislation in the United States →
languageSpoken	English →
mannerOfDeath	homicide →
memorializedBy	16th Street Baptist Church memorials → Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama →
movement	American Civil Rights Movement →
nationality	American →
notableFor	being one of four African-American girls killed in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing →
partOf	the four girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing →
placeOfBirth	Birmingham, Alabama, United States →
placeOfDeath	Birmingham, Alabama, United States →
religion	Baptist Christianity →
residence	Birmingham, Alabama, United States →
timePeriod	20th century →
victimOf	16th Street Baptist Church bombing →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carole Robertson →	coVictim
Cynthia Wesley ("Cynthia Dionne Wesley") →	fullName
16th Street Baptist Church →	victim