Oswald Garrison Villard

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Oswald Garrison Villard was an American journalist, civil rights activist, and prominent early leader in the struggle for racial equality in the United States.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographer
civil rights activist
editor
human
journalist
pacifist
publisher
boardMemberOf American Civil Liberties Union
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
citizenship United States of America
coFounderOf American Civil Liberties Union
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1872-03-13
dateOfDeath 1949-10-01
degree A.B. from Harvard University
educatedAt Harvard University
familyName Villard
father Henry Villard
fieldOfStudy history
fullName Oswald Garrison Villard
gender male
givenName Oswald
grandfather William Lloyd Garrison
language English
memberOf American Civil Liberties Union
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
mother Fanny Garrison Villard
movement anti-imperialist movement
civil rights movement
pacifist movement
nationality American
notableFor advocacy for racial equality
anti-lynching activism
leadership in the early civil rights movement in the United States
pacifist and anti-war positions
occupation civil rights activist
editor
journalist
publisher
opposed United States entry into World War I
lynching in the United States
militarism
racial segregation in the United States
owned The Nation
placeOfBirth Wiesbaden NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld editor of The Nation
owner of the New York Evening Post
relative Fanny Garrison Villard
Henry Villard
William Lloyd Garrison
supported African American civil rights
civil liberties
women's suffrage
workedFor New York Evening Post
The Nation
wrote biography of John Brown
biography of William Lloyd Garrison

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NAACP
founder
Oswald Garrison Villard
fullName

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