March from Selma to Montgomery

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkbp:broadcasts gptkb:true
gptkbp:calls_for gptkb:social_justice
gptkbp:coalition yes
gptkbp:commemorated_by gptkb:annual_events
films and literature
annual marches
gptkbp:commemoration gptkb:Selma_Interpretive_Center
gptkb:Edmund_Pettus_Bridge
gptkbp:community_involvement yes
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired films and documentaries
gptkbp:date March 7, 1965
gptkbp:duration 5 days
gptkbp:ends_at gptkb:Alabama_State_Capitol
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:Alabama_State_Troopers
provided by U. S. government
gptkbp:first_march_date March 7, 1965
gptkbp:government_response initially resisted
gptkbp:highlights racial inequality
gptkbp:historical_context Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s
gptkbp:historical_figures gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Andrew_Young
gptkb:Amelia_Boynton_Robinson
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Diane_Nash
yes
gptkbp:historical_impact increased awareness of voting rights issues
gptkbp:historical_legacy symbol of struggle for voting rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label March from Selma to Montgomery
gptkbp:influenced public opinion on civil rights
gptkbp:influenced_artists yes
gptkbp:initial_march_name gptkb:Bloody_Sunday
gptkbp:inspired_by nonviolent protest
previous civil rights protests
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Resistance
gptkbp:involved_boycotts yes
gptkbp:involved_civil_rights_leaders yes
gptkbp:involved_federal_troops yes
gptkbp:involved_grassroots_activism yes
gptkbp:involved_international_attention yes
gptkbp:involved_labor_leaders yes
gptkbp:involved_legal_challenges yes
gptkbp:involved_local_organizations yes
gptkbp:involved_marches yes
gptkbp:involved_national_leaders yes
gptkbp:involved_national_organizations yes
gptkbp:involved_rallies yes
gptkbp:involved_religious_leaders yes
gptkbp:involved_sit-ins yes
gptkbp:involved_speeches yes
gptkbp:involved_speeches_by civil rights leaders
gptkbp:involved_student_leaders yes
gptkbp:involved_voter_registration_drives yes
gptkbp:involved_women_leaders yes
gptkbp:involved_youth_activism yes
gptkbp:is_a_destination_for gptkb:Alabama_State_Capitol
gptkbp:is_a_focal_point_for gptkb:media_coverage
gptkbp:is_a_moment_of gptkb:American_history
African American rights.
gptkbp:is_a_symbol_of the struggle for equality
gptkbp:is_attended_by thousands of participants
gptkbp:is_documented_in gptkb:Journalist
gptkbp:is_led_by gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:is_organized_by gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkbp:is_recognized_by gptkb:the_U._S._Congress
gptkbp:key_event gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkbp:known_as gptkb:Bloody_Sunday
gptkbp:landmark American civil rights history
gptkbp:led_to increased activism
gptkbp:legislation yes
gptkbp:length 54 miles
gptkbp:location gptkb:Montgomery,_Alabama
gptkb:Selma,_Alabama
gptkbp:media_coverage extensive national media coverage
gptkbp:meets police violence
gptkbp:notable_event U. S. history
gptkbp:occurs_in gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
approximately 25,000
thousands of activists
gptkbp:public_perception yes
gptkbp:resulted_in gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:route gptkb:U._S._Route_1
gptkbp:second_march_date March 9, 1965
gptkbp:significance gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
voting rights movement
gptkbp:sponsorship gptkb:spiritual_leader
gptkbp:starts_at gptkb:Edmund_Pettus_Bridge
gptkbp:tactics yes
gptkbp:third_march_date March 21-25, 1965
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for federal voting rights legislation
gptkbp:was_a_demonstration_of civil disobedience
the fight against oppression
the power of grassroots organizing
unity among activists
gptkbp:was_a_historic_march_for freedom and justice
gptkbp:was_a_precursor_to future civil rights actions
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
systemic racism
voter suppression
the assassination of civil rights leaders
the denial of voting rights
gptkbp:was_a_turning_point_for the fight for civil rights
gptkbp:was_influenced_by the philosophy of nonviolence
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
protests for voting rights
gptkbp:was_supported_by gptkb:labor_unions
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
national organizations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3