Alton Toussaint Lemon
E808191
Alton Toussaint Lemon was a prominent American civil rights activist best known as the lead plaintiff in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lemon v. Kurtzman, which established the "Lemon test" for church-state separation.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
ⓘ
human ⓘ plaintiff ⓘ |
| advocacyArea |
First Amendment rights
ⓘ
civil liberties ⓘ religious liberty ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lemon test
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Supreme Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause | challenge to state funding of religious schools ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Lemon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
church–state separation
ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ |
| fullName | Alton Toussaint Lemon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Alton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn | establishment of the Lemon test for church–state separation ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | Lemon test used in U.S. constitutional law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | lead plaintiff in Lemon v. Kurtzman ⓘ |
| influenced | jurisprudence on the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOfActivity | United States federal courts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being lead plaintiff in Lemon v. Kurtzman
ⓘ
involvement in church–state separation litigation ⓘ |
| legalCase | Lemon v. Kurtzman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalDoctrineNamedAfter | Lemon test NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | landmark church–state separation case in 1971 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Lemon v. Kurtzman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | United States of America ⓘ |
| positionOnIssue | opposed government establishment of religion ⓘ |
| religiousView | separation of church and state advocate ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Lemon v. Kurtzman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.