Civil Rights era

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement_era
gptkbp:endDate 1968
gptkbp:focus ending racial segregation
ending discrimination against African Americans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Civil Rights era
gptkbp:influenced subsequent social justice movements
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:Reconstruction_era
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:television
newspapers
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:Albany_Movement
gptkb:Birmingham_campaign
gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkb:Children's_Crusade
gptkb:Freedom_Rides
gptkb:Greensboro_sit-ins
gptkb:Chicago_Freedom_Movement
gptkb:Mississippi_Freedom_Summer
Little Rock Nine integration
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: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:relatedLegislation gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Fair_Housing_Act_of_1968
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:resultedIn desegregation of public facilities
increased voter registration among African Americans
greater legal equality for African Americans
inspiration for other minority rights movements
gptkbp:startDate 1954
gptkbp:theme gptkb:civil_disobedience
protest
grassroots activism
legal challenges to segregation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_nationalism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5