Charles Person
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Charles Person is an American civil rights activist best known as one of the youngest original Freedom Riders who challenged segregation in interstate bus travel in the early 1960s.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Freedom Rider
ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
desegregation of public transportation
ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ racial equality ⓘ |
| awardReceived | recognition from civil rights and community organizations ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1942 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Morehouse College ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | civil rights memoir ⓘ |
| hasRole |
public speaker
ⓘ
student activist ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of civil rights activists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Satyagraha
ⓘ
surface form:
Gandhian nonviolence
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
arrest during Freedom Rides
ⓘ
violent attacks faced while challenging segregation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the youngest original Freedom Riders
ⓘ
challenging segregation in interstate bus travel ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Freedom Rides
ⓘ
surface form:
Buses Are a Comin’: Memoir of a Freedom Rider
|
| occupation | civil rights activist ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Freedom Rides
ⓘ
civil rights protests in the early 1960s ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Atlanta
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
|
| placeOfResidence |
Atlanta
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
|
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| spokeAt |
churches and community organizations
ⓘ
schools and universities about the civil rights movement ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentaries on the civil rights movement
ⓘ
interviews about the Freedom Rides ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
freedom rides
ⓘ
nonviolent resistance ⓘ sit-ins ⓘ |
| wasMemberOf |
Atlanta Student Movement
ⓘ
Congress of Racial Equality ⓘ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ |
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