E. D. Nixon
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E. D. Nixon was an African American civil rights leader and NAACP organizer in Montgomery, Alabama, who played a key role in initiating and organizing the Montgomery bus boycott.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NAACP leader
ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ trade unionist ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Jo Ann Robinson
ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Ralph Abernathy ⓘ Rosa Parks ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-07-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-02-25 ⓘ |
| employer |
Pullman Palace Car Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Pullman Company
|
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Nixon ⓘ |
| fullName | Edgar Daniel Nixon ⓘ |
| givenName |
Daniel
ⓘ
Edgar ⓘ |
| hasRole |
community organizer
ⓘ
strategist of bus boycott ⓘ |
| honoredIn | E. D. Nixon Elementary School, Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ |
| influenced |
Martin Luther King Jr.
ⓘ
Montgomery Improvement Association leadership selection ⓘ |
| knownFor |
helping to found the Montgomery Improvement Association
ⓘ
initiating the Montgomery bus boycott ⓘ recruiting Rosa Parks as a test case against bus segregation ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
ⓘ
NAACP ⓘ
surface form:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
|
| movement |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ |
| notableEvent | arrest during the Montgomery bus boycott activities ⓘ |
| notableWork | organization of the Montgomery bus boycott ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights leader
ⓘ
railway porter ⓘ union organizer ⓘ |
| participantIn | Montgomery bus boycott ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lowndes County, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Montgomery, Alabama
ⓘ
surface form:
Montgomery, Alabama, United States
|
| placeOfResidence |
Montgomery, Alabama
ⓘ
surface form:
Montgomery, Alabama, United States
|
| positionHeld |
Alabama state president of the NAACP
ⓘ
president of the Montgomery branch of the NAACP ⓘ |
| religion |
Baptists
ⓘ
surface form:
Baptist
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Aurelia Nixon ⓘ |
| stateOfOrigin | Alabama ⓘ |
| workedOn | legal challenge to bus segregation in Montgomery ⓘ |
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