James Bevel

1960s civil rights movement strategist (1936–2008)

Person human Q1920456

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: October 19, 1936
Date of death: December 19, 2008
Place of birth: Itta Bena
Place of death: Springfield
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: politician, activist
Educated at: American Baptist College^[9]
Spouse: Diane Nash^[7]
Cause of death: pancreatic cancer^[12]
Student of: James Lawson^[15]
Convicted of: incest^[17]
Family name: Bevel^[13]
Given name: James^[14]
Influenced by: James Lawson^[10]
Manner of death: natural causes^[16]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora^[18]

🏷️ Also known as

en James Bevel en James Luther Bevel en Jim Bevel ar جيمس بيفيل en-gb James Luther Bevel fa جیمز لوتر بول hi जेम्स बेवेल ja ジェームズ・ベヴェル ja ジェームス・ベベル ja ジェイムズ・ベベル ru Джеймс Бевел zh 詹姆斯·貝弗爾 zh 詹姆斯·贝弗尔

🔖 Identifiers · 19

ISNI: 0000000072545844
VIAF cluster ID: 53317612
Library of Congress authority ID: n90698381
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 161607788
BlackPast.org ID: african-american-history/bevel-james-1936-2008
C-SPAN person numeric ID: 6594
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated): 6594
Comic Vine ID: 4005-127262
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/James-Luther-Bevel
FAST ID: 1722396
Find a Grave memorial ID: 43535118
Freebase ID: /m/0bwkf7

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HistoryMakers Maker Directory ID: reverend-james-bevel
Notable Names Database ID: 187/000171671
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 30551
SNAC ARK ID: w6mt4kp6, w6fr04zn
WikiTree person ID: Bevel-31
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJqbmyDwx6JwYYKYcBvfv3
Yale LUX ID: person/dc653b86-a262-4ee2-aec7-85091e19743b

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 2

politician, activist

Cause of death 1

pancreatic cancer

Convicted of 1

incest

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Given name 1

James

Influenced by 1

James Lawson

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Place of birth 1

Itta Bena

Place of death 1

Springfield

Sex or gender 1

male

Spouse 1

Diane Nash

Spouses 1

Diane Nash

Student of 1

James Lawson

← Characters 1

Selma

← Target 1

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Summary

James Bevel was born on October 19, 1936^[1], in Itta Bena^[2]. He died on December 19, 2008^[3], in Springfield^[4]. He worked as a politician^[5] and activist^[6].

FAQs

Where was James Bevel born?

James Bevel's place of birth was Itta Bena^[2].

Where did James Bevel die?

James Bevel died in Springfield^[4].

Who was James Bevel married to?

James Bevel's spouses include Diane Nash^[7].

What did James Bevel do for work?

James Bevel worked as a politician^[5] and activist^[6].

Where did James Bevel go to school?

James Bevel was educated at American Baptist College^[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ James Bevel — place of birth (P19): Itta Bena. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ James Bevel — place of death (P20): Springfield. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ James Bevel — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ James Bevel — spouse (P26): Diane Nash. Retrieved 2025-01-12. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ James Bevel — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ James Bevel — educated at (P69): American Baptist College. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ James Bevel — occupation (P106): politician. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ James Bevel — occupation (P106): activist. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ James Bevel — cause of death (P509): pancreatic cancer. Retrieved 2025-01-12. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ James Bevel — date of birth (P569): October 19, 1936. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ James Bevel — date of death (P570): December 19, 2008. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. examiner.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ James Bevel — family name (P734): Bevel. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ James Bevel — given name (P735): James. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ James Bevel — influenced by (P737): James Lawson. Retrieved 2025-01-12. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ James Bevel — student of (P1066): James Lawson. Retrieved 2025-01-12. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ James Bevel — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ James Bevel — convicted of (P1399): incest. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ James Bevel — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject African diaspora. wikidata.org.

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Spouse → Diane Nash

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Educated at → American Baptist College

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