African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1954–1968)

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Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day gptkb:Black_History_Month
gptkbp:endDate	1968
gptkbp:goal	end racial segregation achieve legal recognition and federal protection of citizenship rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:American_Indian_Movement gptkb:Chicano_Movement gptkb:Women's_liberation_movement LGBT rights movement
gptkbp:influencedBy	Gandhian nonviolence
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:method	gptkb:civil_disobedience legal challenges protest
gptkbp:notableCase	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965 gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968 gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Birmingham_campaign gptkb:Little_Rock_Nine gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom gptkb:Montgomery_Bus_Boycott gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches gptkb:Freedom_Rides gptkb:Greensboro_sit-ins
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:John_Lewis gptkb:Malcolm_X gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr. gptkb:Medgar_Evers gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:Black_Panther_Party 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:Jim_Crow_laws gptkb:Second_Reconstruction gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement_(1865–1896)
gptkbp:resultedIn	desegregation of public facilities greater social and political equality increased voter registration among African Americans
gptkbp:significantSupremeCourtCase	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkbp:startDate	1954
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality_(CORE)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5