Ezell Blair Jr.
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Ezell Blair Jr. (later known as Jibreel Khazan) is a civil rights activist best known as one of the four African American college students who initiated the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1960 Greensboro sit-ins | 0 |
| Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan) | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights activist
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human ⓘ student activist ⓘ |
| affiliation | North Carolina A&T State University ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Jibreel Khazan ⓘ |
| causeAdvocated |
end to segregation in public accommodations
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equal rights ⓘ racial desegregation ⓘ |
| coParticipant |
David Richmond
ⓘ
Franklin McCain ⓘ Joseph McNeil ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent |
Greensboro sit-ins
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surface form:
1960 Greensboro sit-ins
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| educatedAt |
North Carolina A&T State University
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surface form:
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College
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| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Blair ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Ezell ⓘ |
| hasParticipant | Ezell Blair Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasRole |
organizer of sit-in protest
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participant in nonviolent protest ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | Jr. ⓘ |
| influencedBy | American civil rights leaders ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| location |
Greensboro, North Carolina
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Woolworth’s lunch counter ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Greensboro sit-ins
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surface form:
Greensboro Four
|
| methodOfActivism |
nonviolent direct action
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sit-in ⓘ |
| movement | American civil rights movement ⓘ |
| nameChange | adopted the name Jibreel Khazan ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first Greensboro Woolworth’s sit-in on February 1, 1960 ⓘ |
| notableFor | Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-ins ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil rights activist
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student (at time of sit-ins) ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-ins
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Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ |
| partOf | student sit-in movement of the 1960s ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Greensboro, North Carolina
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North Carolina ⓘ |
| religion | Islam (after name change to Jibreel Khazan) ⓘ |
| residence | Greensboro, North Carolina (during college years) ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan)
subject surface form:
1960 Greensboro sit-ins