gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Person
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:alma_mater
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gptkb:Oberlin_College
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:Virginia_Normal_and_Collegiate_Institute
gptkb:Oberlin_College
gptkb:Howard_University
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1829-12-14
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:John_Langston_Jr.
John Mercer Langston II
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gptkbp:death_date
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1897-11-15
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gptkbp:ethnicity
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gptkb:African_American
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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John Langston
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gptkbp:image
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URL_to_image_of_ John_ Langston
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
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gptkbp:known_for
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Civil rights activism
Advocacy for African American rights
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gptkbp:legacy
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Pioneer in education and politics for African Americans.
Langston University is named after him.
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:First_African_American_to_be_elected_to_the_U._S._Congress_from_Virginia
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Politician
gptkb:lawyer
gptkb:educators
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gptkbp:office_held
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gptkb:U._S._Representative
Virginia State Senator
President of Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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gptkb:Louisa_County,_Virginia
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
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gptkbp:political_party
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gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:position_held
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U. S. Representative from Virginia
Dean of the Law School at Howard University
Register of the U. S. Treasury
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Mary_Langston
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:John_Mercer_Langston
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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