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.

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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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