1963 'Stand in the Schoolhouse Door'
GPTKB entity
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:date |
June 11, 1963
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| gptkbp:describes |
Governor George Wallace attempted to block the entry of two Black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, to the University of Alabama.
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
1963 'Stand in the Schoolhouse Door'
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| gptkbp:location |
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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| gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
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| gptkbp:participants |
gptkb:James_Hood
gptkb:Vivian_Malone gptkb:George_Wallace |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
desegregation of schools |
| gptkbp:result |
Federal intervention forced Wallace to step aside, allowing the students to enroll.
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| gptkbp:significance |
Symbolized resistance to desegregation in the American South.
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:George_Corley_Wallace_Jr.
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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