Civil Rights Movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:activePeriod 1950s
1960s
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day
gptkb:National_Civil_Rights_Museum
gptkb:Smithsonian_National_Museum_of_African_American_History_and_Culture
gptkbp:goal end racial segregation
achieve equal rights for African Americans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Black_Power_movement
gptkb:Women's_rights_movement
LGBT rights movement
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Reconstruction_era
gptkb:Abolitionist_movement
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:television
newspapers
gptkbp:method gptkb:civil_disobedience
legal challenges
protest
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Fair_Housing_Act_of_1968
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Birmingham_campaign
gptkb:March_on_Washington
gptkb:Montgomery_Bus_Boycott
gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkb:Freedom_Rides
gptkb:Greensboro_sit-ins
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Medgar_Evers
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:CORE
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:SCLC
gptkb:SNCC
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:White_Citizens'_Councils
Ku Klux Klan
segregationist politicians
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Emmett_Till
gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:Little_Rock_Nine
gptkbp:resultedIn desegregation of public facilities
greater social and political equality
increased voter registration for African Americans
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Episcopal_Church
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3