Sammy Younge Jr.

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Sammy Younge Jr. was a civil rights activist and Tuskegee Institute student whose 1966 murder for attempting to desegregate a whites-only restroom made him a martyr of the Black liberation movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights activist
human
student
advocatedFor Black voting rights in Alabama
desegregation of public restrooms
causeOfDeath homicide
commemoratedBy civil rights memorial events
writings by SNCC activists
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfDeath 1966
describedAs martyr of the Black liberation movement
educatedAt Tuskegee Institute NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Younge NERFINISHED
givenName Sammy NERFINISHED
hasRole SNCC field worker
voting rights organizer
killedFor attempting to desegregate a whites-only restroom
mannerOfDeath shot
memberOf Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee NERFINISHED
movement Black liberation movement
Civil rights movement NERFINISHED
notableEvent murder of Sammy Younge Jr. in Tuskegee in 1966
notableFor desegregation activism in Alabama
occupation civil rights activist
opposed racial segregation in public facilities
placeOfActivity Macon County, Alabama NERFINISHED
Tuskegee, Alabama NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Tuskegee, Alabama NERFINISHED
placeOfEducation Tuskegee, Alabama NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male

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