March Against Fear (1966)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf protest
gptkbp:date June 5–26, 1966
gptkbp:endPoint gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label March Against Fear (1966)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mississippi,_United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent James Meredith was shot and wounded on the second day
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:James_Meredith
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:SCLC
gptkb:Stokely_Carmichael
gptkb:SNCC
gptkb:James_Meredith
over 15,000 at the conclusion in Jackson
gptkbp:purpose to encourage African Americans to register to vote
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:result popularization of the slogan 'Black Power'
increased voter registration among African Americans in Mississippi
gptkbp:startPoint gptkb:Memphis,_Tennessee
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_Power
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6