Baton Rouge Citizens' Council

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:City_Hall
gptkbp:activities Voter suppression
Community organizing
Propaganda campaigns
gptkbp:affiliation White supremacist organizations
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Ku_Klux_Klan
gptkbp:criticism Historians
Civil rights activists
gptkbp:dissolved 1960s
gptkbp:events Meetings
Rallies
gptkbp:founded 1954
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Baton Rouge Citizens' Council
gptkbp:impact Racial_tensions_in_Louisiana
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:legacy Continued racial division
gptkbp:location gptkb:Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Baton_Rouge_bus_boycott
gptkb:Integration_of_Southern_University
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
Desegregation of LSU
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Black_Chamber_of_Commerce
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Black_Landowners_Association
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Black_Nurses_Association
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Black_Farmers_Association
Baton_Rouge_school_crisis
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Black_Political_Caucus
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Federation_of_Teachers
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_League_of_Women_Voters
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_State_Teachers_Association
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Black_Homeowners_Association
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Black_Medical_Association
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Black_Law_Enforcement_Association
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Black_Business_Association
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Association_of_Black_Educators
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Association_of_Educators
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_Black_Legislative_Caucus
Formation_of_the_Louisiana_State_Sovereignty_Commission
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:John_A._McKeithen
gptkbp:opposedBy Integration of public schools
gptkbp:publications Newsletters
gptkbp:purpose Opposition to desegregation
gptkbp:related_to Southern Manifesto
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Louisiana_Citizens'_Council
gptkbp:tactics Community outreach
Political lobbying
Legal challenges
gptkbp:type Segregationist group