Civil Rights Movement era

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Civil_Rights_Movement_era

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:endDate	1968
gptkbp:goal	end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Civil Rights Movement era
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Black_Power_movement gptkb:Women's_rights_movement LGBT rights movement
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Reconstruction_era gptkb:Abolitionist_movement
gptkbp:legacy	expanded civil rights protections inspired future social movements
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:radio_station gptkb:television newspapers
gptkbp:method	gptkb:civil_disobedience legal challenges protest
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom gptkb:Montgomery_Bus_Boycott gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:John_Lewis gptkb:Malcolm_X gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr. gptkb:Medgar_Evers gptkb:Rosa_Parks gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality gptkb:NAACP gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:White_Citizens'_Councils Ku Klux Klan
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws African-American history segregation United States history desegregation
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 gptkb:Fair_Housing_Act_of_1968 gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:startDate	1954
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Civil_Rights_era gptkb:Second_Reconstruction
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6