Jim Zwerg
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Jim Zwerg is an American civil rights activist best known for his courageous role as a white Freedom Rider who was brutally attacked while challenging segregation in the early 1960s.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Freedom Rider
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civil rights activist → human → |
| affiliatedWith |
Congress of Racial Equality
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → |
| causeAdvocated |
desegregation of interstate bus travel
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nonviolent protest → racial equality → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1939-11-28
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| educatedAt |
Beloit College
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Fisk University → |
| ethnicGroup |
white American
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| gender |
male
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| hasGiven |
public speeches about his Freedom Rider experiences
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| hasResidence |
United States of America
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| hasSubject |
memoirs and interviews about the civil rights movement
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| languageSpoken |
English
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| mediaAppearance |
featured in news coverage of the Freedom Rides in 1961
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| movement |
Civil rights movement
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| notableEvent |
severely beaten by a mob in Montgomery, Alabama, during a Freedom Ride in May 1961
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| notableFor |
being brutally attacked during a Freedom Ride in 1961
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opposition to racial segregation in the American South → participation in the Freedom Rides → |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
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| participatedIn |
Freedom Rides
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civil rights demonstrations in the early 1960s → |
| placeOfBirth |
Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
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| religion |
Christianity
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| spouse |
Linda Zwerg
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Freedom Rides
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participant |