Civil Rights Movement in Seattle

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:activePeriod 1940s-1970s
gptkbp:focus racial equality
employment discrimination
housing discrimination
school segregation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Civil Rights Movement in Seattle
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Chicano_Movement
Native American activism
Asian American activism
African American community activism
national Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:legacy desegregation of schools
greater political representation for minorities
increased civil rights protections in Seattle
influence on later social justice movements
open housing laws
gptkbp:location gptkb:Seattle
gptkbp:notableEvent 1963 Seattle School Boycott
1964 open housing campaign
1966 Model Cities Program
1967 Central Area Civil Rights Committee formation
1968 Seattle Black Panther Party founding
1968 Seattle Public Schools desegregation efforts
1965 passage of Seattle's first open housing ordinance
1969 University of Washington Black Student Union sit-in
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Larry_Gossett
gptkb:Sam_Smith
gptkb:Walter_Hundley
gptkb:Bertha_Pitts_Campbell
Aaron Dixon
Charles V. Johnson
Roberta Byrd Barr
Tyree Scott
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:Seattle_Urban_League
Central Area Civil Rights Committee
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Seattle chapter
Seattle Black Panther Party
Seattle chapter of the NAACP
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Central_neighborhood
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7