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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Person
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gptkbp:advocatesFor
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Civil_rights_for_African_Americans
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People_(NAACP)
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Tuskegee_Institute
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gptkbp:awardedBy
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Medal of Honor (posthumously proposed)
Honorary_Doctorate_from_Wilberforce_University
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal
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gptkbp:born
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March 12, 1864
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Charles_Young_Jr.
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gptkbp:commanded
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gptkb:9th_Cavalry_Regiment
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gptkbp:contribution
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Pioneering_role_for_African_Americans_in_the_military
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gptkbp:died
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January 8, 1922
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
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gptkbp:firstHeld
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First_African_American_to_reach_the_rank_of_Colonel_in_the_U.S._Army
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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Role_in_the_integration_of_the_U.S._military
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Charles Young
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:African_American_military_officers
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
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gptkbp:inspiration
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Future_generations_of_African_American_leaders
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gptkbp:knownFor
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'The Black Colonel'
Advocacy_for_African_American_rights_in_the_military
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gptkbp:legacy
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Symbol of racial equality in the military
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableWork
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First_African_American_to_graduate_from_the_United_States_Military_Academy_at_West_Point
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gptkbp:occupation
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Military officer
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gptkbp:participatedIn
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gptkb:Buffalo_Soldiers
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Morrow_County,_Ohio
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:rank
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Colonel
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gptkbp:recognizedBy
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gptkb:U.S._Congress
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gptkbp:servedIn
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gptkb:World_War_I
Superintendent_of_Sequoia_National_Park
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gptkbp:serviceBranch
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gptkb:United_States_Army
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gptkbp:spouse
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Ada_Young
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gptkbp:wrote
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Reports on the condition of national parks
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