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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Activist
Author
Professor
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gptkbp:activeYears
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1968
2018
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:University_of_Massachusetts_Boston
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst
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gptkbp:awardedBy
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gptkb:Coretta_Scott_King_Award
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1939-01-27
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gptkbp:bornIn
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gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Julius_Lester_Jr.
Janelle_Lester
Jasmine_Lester
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gptkbp:deathDate
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2018-02-18
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gptkbp:genre
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Children's literature
Historical fiction
Non-fiction
Poetry
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Julius Lester
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Alice_Walker
Toni Morrison
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:James_Baldwin
gptkb:Richard_Wright
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Civil rights activism
Advocacy_for_African_American_culture
Children's_books_about_African_American_history
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableWork
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The Black Book
Black Folktales
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gptkbp:occupation
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Civil Rights Activist
Historian
Writer
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkb:Northampton,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Alice_Lester
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gptkbp:website
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juliuslester.com
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gptkbp:wrote
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gptkb:The_Tales_of_Uncle_Remus
The Old African
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
To Be a Slave
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