Alexandria Library sit-in

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf protest
gptkbp:date August 21, 1939
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alexandria Library sit-in
gptkbp:location gptkb:Alexandria,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Samuel_Wilbert_Tucker
gptkbp:participants five African American men
gptkbp:purpose protest racial segregation in public libraries
gptkbp:result arrest of participants
eventual establishment of a separate library for African Americans
gptkbp:significance one of the earliest nonviolent protests of the civil rights movement
gptkbp:targetedInstitution gptkb:Alexandria_Public_Library
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Samuel_W._Tucker
gptkb:Samuel_Wilbert_Tucker
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5