Franklin McCain

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African-American civil rights activist civil rights activist human

Franklin McCain was a civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who helped launch the sit-in movement against racial segregation in the United States.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Franklin Eugene McCain	1
Franklin McCain Jr.	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African-American civil rights activist ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ
associatedWith	International Civil Rights Center & Museum ⓘ North Carolina A&T Four monument ⓘ
causeOfDeath	respiratory illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1941-01-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2014-01-09 ⓘ
educatedAt	North Carolina A&T State University ⓘ
employer	Celanese Corporation ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	John McCain ⓘ surface form: McCain
fieldOfWork	chemistry ⓘ civil rights ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Franklin ⓘ
hasChild	Franklin McCain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Franklin McCain Jr. Wendell McCain ⓘ surface form: W. Franklin McCain III Wendell McCain ⓘ
hasHonor	commemorated at International Civil Rights Center & Museum ⓘ statue at North Carolina A&T State University (as part of Greensboro Four monument) ⓘ
hasRole	board member at Bennett College ⓘ board member of trustees at North Carolina A&T State University ⓘ student activist ⓘ
honor	NAACP Image Award ⓘ surface form: NAACP Image Award (posthumous recognition context)
knownFor	participation in Woolworth lunch counter sit-in ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
livedIn	Charlotte, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Greensboro, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ surface form: Greensboro Four
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ
name	Franklin McCain self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Franklin Eugene McCain
notableFor	Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
notableWork	leadership in 1960 Woolworth lunch counter sit-in ⓘ
occupation	chemist ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ
participantIn	Greensboro sit-ins ⓘ sit-in movement against racial segregation ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Union County, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Greensboro, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Greensboro, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Bettye Davis McCain ⓘ
yearOfNotableEvent	1960 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

F. W. Woolworth store in Greensboro → associatedWith → Franklin McCain ⓘ

Ezell Blair Jr. → coParticipant → Franklin McCain ⓘ

Franklin McCain → hasChild → Franklin McCain self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Franklin McCain Jr.

Franklin McCain → name → Franklin McCain self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Franklin Eugene McCain

Greensboro sit-ins → participant → Franklin McCain ⓘ