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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:advocatesFor
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African American civil rights
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gptkbp:barAdmission
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gptkb:Michigan
gptkb:South_Carolina
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1842
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Bridgetown,_Barbados
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:David_Augustus_Straker_Jr.
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1908
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Detroit,_Michigan,_United_States
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Codrington_College,_Barbados
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gptkbp:emigratedTo
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:David_Augustus_Straker
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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D. Augustus Straker
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gptkbp:legacy
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Straker Bar Association named in his honor
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
gptkb:Jamaican
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gptkbp:notableFor
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civil rights activism
first Black lawyer to argue before the Michigan Supreme Court
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:educator
gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
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gptkbp:religion
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Episcopalian
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gptkbp:servedAs
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member of the South Carolina Constitutional Convention (1868)
judge in Detroit, Michigan
school commissioner in South Carolina
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Catherine_E._Straker
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Conservator
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6
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