1965 Selma to Montgomery marches

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkbp:commemorated_by gptkb:Selma_Bridge_Crossing_Jubilee
gptkbp:date March 1965
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:Alabama_State_Troopers
provided by U. S. government
gptkbp:first_march_date March 7, 1965
gptkbp:first_march_name gptkb:Bloody_Sunday
gptkbp:goal secure voting rights
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Andrew_Young
gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:Fred_Shuttlesworth
gptkb:James_Bevel
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Robert_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Ella_Baker
gptkb:George_Wallace
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Amelia_Boynton_Robinson
gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkb:C._T._Vivian
gptkb:Jimmie_Lee_Jackson
Eugene
Louisiana Governor John Bell Edwards
gptkbp:historical_impact increased awareness of civil rights issues
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches
gptkbp:initiated_by gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:inspired_by Gandhian principles
gptkbp:is_led_by gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkbp:is_organized_by gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:location gptkb:Alabama
gptkbp:media_coverage extensive
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:March_on_Washington
gptkbp:notable_quote gptkb:I_Have_a_Dream
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
approximately 25,000
gptkbp:resulted_in gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:route 54 miles
gptkbp:second_march_date March 9, 1965
gptkbp:significance voting rights movement
gptkbp:third_march_date March 21-25, 1965
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3