1964 Mississippi voter registration drive

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1964_Mississippi_voter_registration_drive
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf voter registration campaign
gptkbp:faced gptkb:murder
arrests
intimidation
murders of activists
gptkbp:goal increase African American voter registration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1964 Mississippi voter registration drive
gptkbp:legacy inspired future civil rights activism
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:method gptkb:Freedom_Schools
grassroots organizing
door-to-door canvassing
literacy workshops
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Andrew_Goodman
gptkb:Bob_Moses
gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkb:James_Chaney
gptkb:Michael_Schwerner
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Mississippi_state_government
local white supremacist groups
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkb:Council_of_Federated_Organizations
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Freedom_Summer
gptkbp:resultedIn increased national attention to civil rights
passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
gptkbp:startDate 1964
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Freedom_Summer_(2014_film)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8