Cynthia Wesley

E63253

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cynthia Wesley canonical	11
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	Birmingham campaign ⓘ surface form: 1963 Birmingham campaign
associatedWithPlace	16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ surface form: 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	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Wesley ⓘ
fullName	Cynthia Wesley self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: American Civil Rights Movement
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	being one of four African-American girls killed in the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
partOf	4 Little Girls ⓘ surface form: the four girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
placeOfBirth	Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
religion	Baptists ⓘ surface form: Baptist Christianity
residence	Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
victimOf	16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ surface form: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

16th Street Baptist Church → victim → Cynthia Wesley ⓘ

Carole Robertson → coVictim → Cynthia Wesley ⓘ

Cynthia Wesley → fullName → Cynthia Wesley self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cynthia Dionne Wesley

Addie → sharesEventWith → Cynthia Wesley ⓘ

subject surface form: Addie Mae Collins

4 Little Girls → portrays → Cynthia Wesley ⓘ

Carole Robertson Day → relatedToPerson → Cynthia Wesley ⓘ

Claude Wesley → adoptiveParentOf → Cynthia Wesley ⓘ

Claude Wesley → hasChild → Cynthia Wesley ⓘ

Claude Wesley → associatedWithPerson → Cynthia Wesley ⓘ

Gertrude Wesley → adoptiveMotherOf → Cynthia Wesley ⓘ

Gertrude Wesley → hasChild → Cynthia Wesley ⓘ

Cynthia Dionne Morris → alsoKnownAs → Cynthia Wesley ⓘ