African-American Civil Rights Movement

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:endDate	1968
gptkbp:goal	end racial segregation achieve civil rights for African Americans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	African-American Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Gandhian_philosophy gptkb:Abolitionist_movement
gptkbp:legacy	desegregation of public facilities inspiration for other social movements increased political participation of African Americans
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:radio_station gptkb:television newspapers
gptkbp:method	gptkb:civil_disobedience legal challenges protest
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Birmingham_campaign gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 gptkb:Little_Rock_Nine gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom gptkb:Montgomery_Bus_Boycott gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965 gptkb:Freedom_Rides gptkb:Greensboro_sit-ins
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Ella_Baker gptkb:John_Lewis gptkb:Malcolm_X gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr. gptkb:Medgar_Evers gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality gptkb:National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:White_Citizens'_Councils Ku Klux Klan
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Black_Power_movement gptkb:Chicano_Movement gptkb:Women's_rights_movement LGBT rights movement
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 gptkb:Fair_Housing_Act_of_1968 gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:startDate	1954
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Black_Lives_Matter_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6