Civil Rights Movement in the United States

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:endDate	1968
gptkbp:goal	end racial segregation achieve equal rights for African Americans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Civil Rights Movement in the United States
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:American_Indian_Movement gptkb:Black_Power_movement gptkb:Chicano_Movement gptkb:Women's_rights_movement LGBT rights movement
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Abolitionist_movement Gandhian nonviolence
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965 gptkb:Fair_Housing_Act
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:method	gptkb:civil_disobedience legal challenges protest
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Birmingham_campaign gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 gptkb:Little_Rock_Nine gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom gptkb:Montgomery_Bus_Boycott gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965 gptkb:Freedom_Rides gptkb:Greensboro_sit-ins
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Bayard_Rustin gptkb:Ella_Baker gptkb:John_Lewis gptkb:Malcolm_X gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr. gptkb:Medgar_Evers gptkb:Rosa_Parks gptkb:Diane_Nash
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 segregationist politicians
gptkbp:resultedIn	desegregation of public facilities increased voter registration for African Americans greater legal protections for minorities social and cultural change in the United States
gptkbp:significantCourtCase	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education gptkb:Loving_v._Virginia gptkb:Heart_of_Atlanta_Motel_v._United_States
gptkbp:startDate	1954
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5