Julius Lester

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Julius_Lester

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:activists gptkb:Author gptkb:Professor
gptkbp:alma_mater	gptkb:University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Coretta_Scott_King_Award gptkb:medal gptkb:Virginia_Hamilton_Award_for_Lifetime_Achievement
gptkbp:birth_date	1939-01-27
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Julius_Lester_Jr. gptkb:Janelle_Lester Jasmine Lester
gptkbp:death_date	2018-02-18
gptkbp:field	gptkb:literature Civil Rights
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:children's_literature gptkb:non-fiction Historical fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Julius Lester
gptkbp:influenced_by	gptkb:James_Baldwin gptkb:Langston_Hughes gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work	gptkb:From_Slave_Ship_to_Freedom_Road gptkb:To_Be_a_Slave The Old African
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:educators gptkb:Writer
gptkbp:place_of_birth	gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:place_of_death	gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Alice_Lester
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Amherst_College
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4