Freedom Riders

GPTKB entity

Statements (81)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:are_part_of gptkb:Freedom_Summer
the struggle for social justice
the fight against racial discrimination
the fight for equality
the history of American activism
the 1960s counterculture
the larger struggle for civil rights
the history of nonviolent resistance
the legacy of civil disobedience
the movement for human rights
the struggle against Jim Crow laws
the struggle for integration
gptkbp:arrested_for various Southern states
trespassing
gptkbp:challenges gptkb:the_Ku_Klux_Klan
gptkbp:commemorated_by gptkb:historical_markers
gptkbp:created A legacy of activism
gptkbp:faced gptkb:Violence
violence
gptkbp:faced_hostility_from gptkb:local_law_enforcement
gptkbp:founded_in gptkb:Freedom_Rides_Museum
gptkbp:highlights racial injustice
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Freedom Riders
gptkbp:included_members_of gptkb:CORE_(Congress_of_Racial_Equality)
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
gptkbp:influenced Future generations of activists
future civil rights actions
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkbp:initiated_by gptkb:1961
gptkbp:inspired future generations of activists
Legislation for civil rights
gptkbp:inspired_by gptkb:Civil_Disobedience
nonviolent protest
gptkbp:integration public facilities
gptkbp:involved white and black participants
gptkbp:involved_in Bus desegregation
gptkbp:is_aimed_at challenge segregation
End segregation in public transportation
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in anniversaries and events
gptkbp:is_documented_in various films and books
History books
gptkbp:is_inspired_by Gandhi's principles
the Montgomery Bus Boycott
gptkbp:is_opposed_by segregationists
gptkbp:is_organized_by gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkbp:is_recognized_by gptkb:the_U._S._Congress
the President of the United States
their bravery
their contributions to society
various awards and honors
gptkbp:is_targeted_at Segregationists
gptkbp:is_visited_by the Deep South
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:legal_issue state governments
gptkbp:legislation voting rights
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_civil_rights_movement
gptkbp:participants gptkb:African_Americans
White Americans
gptkbp:resulted_in Increased awareness of civil rights issues
gptkbp:sought_to_desegregate bus terminals
gptkbp:started_in gptkb:1961
gptkbp:symbolizes The struggle for equality
gptkbp:uses freedom rides
interstate buses
Interstate buses
gptkbp:was_influenced_by the Civil Rights Movement's strategies
gptkbp:was_involved_in gptkb:sit-ins
community organizing
public demonstrations
educational outreach
advocacy for civil liberties
gptkbp:was_supported_by gptkb:the_NAACP
gptkb:labor_unions
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
religious organizations
the federal government
gptkbp:were_attacked_by mobs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3