Freedom Riders bus burning (1961)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath gptkb:investigation
Freedom Riders injured
bus destroyed by fire
gptkbp:busCompany gptkb:dog
gptkbp:cause attack by segregationists
gptkbp:date May 14, 1961
gptkbp:followedBy further attacks in Birmingham, Alabama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Freedom Riders bus burning (1961)
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Freedom_Riders
gptkb:Greyhound_bus
Ku Klux Klan
gptkbp:location gptkb:Anniston,_Alabama
gptkbp:mediaCoverage widespread
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Charles_Person
gptkb:Genevieve_Hughes
gptkb:James_Peck
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Freedom_Rides
gptkbp:perpetrator white mob
gptkbp:precededBy departure from Atlanta, Georgia
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
segregation
gptkbp:resultedIn national outrage
increased federal attention to civil rights
gptkbp:significance galvanized support for civil rights legislation
highlighted dangers faced by civil rights activists
gptkbp:victim gptkb:Freedom_Riders
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anniston,_Alabama
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6