Catherine Burks-Brooks
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Catherine Burks-Brooks was a civil rights activist best known for her courageous role as a Freedom Rider challenging racial segregation in the American South during the early 1960s.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Catherine Burks | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Freedom Rider
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civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
desegregation of public transportation
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racial equality ⓘ |
| arrestedDuring | Freedom Rides ⓘ |
| arrestedFor | civil rights activism ⓘ |
| birthName |
Catherine Burks-Brooks
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Catherine Burks
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| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1939-10-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-07-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Miles College ⓘ |
| employer | Southern Courier ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName |
Brooks
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Burks ⓘ Burks-Brooks ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Catherine ⓘ |
| hasRole |
community organizer
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student activist ⓘ |
| honoredIn | civil rights history exhibits ⓘ |
| ideology | nonviolence ⓘ |
| knownFor | courageous role as a Freedom Rider ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| name | Catherine Burks-Brooks self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
challenging racial segregation in the American South
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participation in the Freedom Rides ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights organizer
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journalist ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Freedom Rides
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civil rights protests in the early 1960s ⓘ |
| partOf |
Freedom Rides
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surface form:
Freedom Riders
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ |
| placeOfActivism |
Alabama
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Southern United States ⓘ
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American South
Mississippi ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence | Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Paul Brooks ⓘ |
| subjectOf | oral history interviews about the Freedom Rides ⓘ |
| usedMethod | nonviolent direct action ⓘ |
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Catherine Burks