Baton Rouge Bus Boycott (1953)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Baton_Rouge_Bus_Boycott_(1953)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf protest
gptkbp:cause segregation on city buses
gptkbp:duration 6 days
gptkbp:endDate June 25, 1953
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Baton Rouge Bus Boycott (1953)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Montgomery_Bus_Boycott
gptkbp:legacy model for later civil rights protests
gptkbp:location gptkb:Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana
gptkbp:mediaCoverage local and national newspapers
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Reverend_T._J._Jemison
gptkbp:opposedBy Baton Rouge city officials
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Reverend_T._J._Jemison
gptkb:United_Defense_League
gptkbp:participants African American residents of Baton Rouge
gptkbp:precededBy segregation laws in Louisiana
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Montgomery_Bus_Boycott
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Ordinance_251
partial desegregation of buses
gptkbp:significance first large-scale bus boycott of the civil rights movement
gptkbp:startDate June 19, 1953
gptkbp:transportation free-ride system organized by churches
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5