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Birmingham campaign in the US civil rights movement
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Birmingham_campaign_in_the_US_civil_rights_movement
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
civil rights campaign
gptkbp:arrested
over 2,000 people
gptkbp:endDate
1963-05-10
gptkbp:goal
end segregation in Birmingham
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Birmingham campaign in the US civil rights movement
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:legacy
major turning point in US civil rights movement
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
widespread national and international
gptkbp:method
marches
boycotts
nonviolent direct action
sit-ins
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Children's_Crusade
1963-05-04
1963-05-07
1963-05-02
1963-05-03
arrest of Martin Luther King Jr.
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:Letter_from_Birmingham_Jail
gptkbp:notableParticipant
gptkb:Fred_Shuttlesworth
gptkb:James_Bevel
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Ralph_Abernathy
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Birmingham_Police_Department
gptkb:Eugene_"Bull"_Connor
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:Alabama_Christian_Movement_for_Human_Rights
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:US_civil_rights_movement
gptkbp:result
national attention to civil rights movement
desegregation of public facilities in Birmingham
gptkbp:startDate
1963-04-03
gptkbp:tacticsUsedAgainstProtesters
police dogs
fire hoses
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:1963_in_Christianity
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7