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Black Belt (region of Alabama)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Black_Belt_(region_of_Alabama)
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:region
gptkbp:demographics
majority African American
gptkbp:economy
agriculture
wood
catfish farming
gptkbp:educationLevel
below state average
gptkbp:historicalEvent
gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkbp:historicalName
agriculture
cotton
gptkbp:historicalPopulation
enslaved African Americans
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
plantation agriculture
center of antebellum plantation culture
site of major civil rights activities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Black Belt (region of Alabama)
gptkbp:includesCounty
gptkb:Crenshaw_County
gptkb:Montgomery_County
gptkb:Sumter_County
gptkb:Macon_County
gptkb:Hale_County
gptkb:Pickens_County
gptkb:Dallas_County
gptkb:Greene_County
gptkb:Choctaw_County
gptkb:Lowndes_County
gptkb:Marengo_County
gptkb:Bullock_County
gptkb:Perry_County
gptkb:Wilcox_County
gptkbp:knownFor
fertile soil
African American population
historical cotton production
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Alabama
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:nameOrigin
dark, fertile soil
gptkbp:notableCity
gptkb:Camden
gptkb:Marion
gptkb:Hayneville
gptkb:Demopolis
gptkb:Eutaw
gptkb:Livingston
gptkb:Montgomery
gptkb:Greensboro
gptkb:Selma
gptkb:Uniontown
gptkb:Tuskegee
gptkbp:population
declining
gptkbp:povertyRate
above state average
gptkbp:soilType
chalky marl
dark clay
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Greensboro,_Alabama
gptkb:Queen_City_of_the_Black_Belt
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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