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Freedom Riders bus burning (1961)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Freedom_Riders_bus_burning_(1961)
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
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
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