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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
protest
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gptkbp:commemoratedBy
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gptkb:Freedom_Riders_50th_Anniversary_(2011)
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gptkbp:endDate
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1961-12
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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1961 Freedom Rides
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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Gandhian nonviolence
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Southern_United_States
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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national and international attention
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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bus burning in Anniston, Alabama
arrests in Jackson, Mississippi
mob violence in Birmingham, Alabama
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gptkbp:notableParticipant
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gptkb:Bernard_Lafayette
gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkb:James_Peck
gptkb:Jim_Zwerg
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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Ku Klux Klan
local police
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gptkbp:organizedBy
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gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
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gptkbp:participants
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over 400
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
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gptkbp:precededBy
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Supreme Court rulings Morgan v. Virginia and Boynton v. Virginia
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gptkbp:purpose
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challenge segregation in interstate bus travel
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Freedom_Riders_National_Monument
gptkb:Freedom_Riders_(film)
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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Interstate Commerce Commission order to end segregation
desegregation of interstate bus travel
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gptkbp:startDate
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1961-05-04
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Freedom_Rides_Museum
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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