| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:National_Book_Critics_Circle_Award gptkb:Whiting_Award
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1952-04-21 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:children | gptkb:Lillie_Early gptkb:Rosalind_Early
 
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                                | gptkbp:contributedTo | Ken Burns documentaries 
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                                | gptkbp:editor | gptkb:Best_African_American_Essays gptkb:Best_African_American_Fiction
 The Cambridge Companion to Boxing
 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:Washington_University_in_St._Louis 
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                                | gptkbp:field | gptkb:cultural_studies gptkb:American_literature
 African-American studies
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:The_Culture_of_Bruising:_Essays_on_Prizefighting,_Literature,_and_Modern_American_Culture gptkb:Tuxedo_Junction:_Essays_on_American_Culture
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:essayist gptkb:literary_criticism
 gptkb:professor
 
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                                | gptkbp:position | gptkb:Merle_Kling_Professor_of_Modern_Letters 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Ida_Early 
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                                | gptkbp:subjectOf | interviews on NPR profile in The New York Times
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:One_Nation_Under_a_Groove:_Motown_and_American_Culture 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Gerald Lyn Early 
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