March on Selma

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkbp:broadcasts nationally
gptkbp:calls_for gptkb:social_justice
gptkbp:challenges institutional racism
gptkbp:commemorated_by gptkb:annual_events
President Lyndon B. Johnson
gptkbp:date March 7, 1965
gptkbp:depicted_in films and documentaries
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:Dallas_County_Sheriff's_Department
gptkb:Alabama_State_Troopers
gptkbp:followed_by second march on March 9, 1965
third march to Montgomery
gptkbp:government_response federal protection for marchers
gptkbp:has_a_focus_on gptkb:public_discourse
gptkbp:highlights racial discrimination
voter suppression
gptkbp:historical_event shaped public policy.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label March on Selma
gptkbp:influenced subsequent civil rights activism
gptkbp:inspired_by African American struggle for civil rights
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for thousands of participants
gptkbp:is_a_moment_of gptkb:American_history
national unity
gptkbp:is_a_site_of gptkb:memorials
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of gptkb:academic_research
gptkbp:is_a_symbol_of the struggle for equality
gptkbp:is_featured_in gptkb:textbooks
gptkbp:is_led_by gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:is_organized_by local activists
gptkbp:is_recognized_by gptkb:historical_markers
gptkbp:known_as gptkb:Bloody_Sunday
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:location gptkb:Selma,_Alabama
gptkbp:notable_quote civil rights leaders
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:resulted_in gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
increased national awareness
gptkbp:significance voting rights movement
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for federal voting rights legislation
gptkbp:was_a_demonstration_of community solidarity
grassroots organizing
nonviolent protest
gptkbp:was_a_precursor_to future protests for rights
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
police brutality
disenfranchisement of African Americans
gptkbp:was_a_turning_point_for African American political participation
gptkbp:was_influenced_by Gandhian principles of nonviolence
gptkbp:was_marked_by violence against marchers
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
the larger civil rights movement
gptkbp:was_supported_by gptkb:spiritual_leader
gptkb:labor_unions
national civil rights organizations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:the_March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5