Black Belt region of Alabama

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Black_Belt_region_of_Alabama
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:region
gptkbp:demographics majority African American population
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Antebellum_South
gptkbp:historicalSignificance center of civil rights movement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Black Belt region of Alabama
gptkbp:includesCounty gptkb:Montgomery_County
gptkb:Sumter_County
gptkb:Macon_County
gptkb:Hale_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 large African American population
cotton plantations
fertile black soil
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Alabama
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Demopolis
gptkb:Livingston
gptkb:Greensboro
gptkb:Selma
gptkb:Tuskegee
gptkbp:namedFor dark, fertile soil
gptkbp:soilType chalky, dark, fertile soil
gptkbp:经济特征 historically agricultural
persistent poverty
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Camden,_Alabama,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6