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gptkbp:instanceOf
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civil rights activist group
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gptkbp:activeDuring
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1961
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gptkbp:arrested
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gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
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gptkbp:commemoratedBy
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gptkb:Freedom_Riders_National_Monument
books
documentaries
films
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gptkbp:faced
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gptkb:murder
gptkb:prison
imprisonment
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gptkbp:firstRideDate
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May 4, 1961
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gptkbp:firstRideDestination
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gptkb:New_Orleans,_Louisiana
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gptkbp:firstRideOrigin
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Freedom Riders
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gptkbp:imprisonedAt
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gptkb:Mississippi_State_Penitentiary_(Parchman_Farm)
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gptkbp:influenced
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Interstate Commerce Commission regulations
desegregation of interstate travel
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gptkbp:inspiredBy
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Gandhian nonviolence
earlier sit-ins
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gptkbp:lawEnforcementTarget
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gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:segregation_laws
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gptkbp:legacy
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inspiration for later civil rights activism
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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national and international press
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gptkbp:method
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nonviolent direct action
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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bus burning in Anniston, Alabama
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gptkbp:notableMember
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gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkb:Jim_Zwerg
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gptkbp:notablePlace
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gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkb:Montgomery,_Alabama
gptkb:Anniston,_Alabama
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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segregationists
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gptkbp:organizedBy
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gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
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gptkbp:participants
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over 400
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
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gptkbp:purpose
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challenge segregation in interstate bus terminals
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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increased federal enforcement of desegregation
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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civil rights organizations
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Jim_Crow_era
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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