Selma Voting Rights Campaign

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Selma_Voting_Rights_Campaign

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Civil rights movement event
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_National_Historic_Trail gptkb:Annual_Selma_Bridge_Crossing_Jubilee
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate	1965-03-25
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Chicago_Freedom_Movement
gptkbp:goal	Voting rights for African Americans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Selma Voting Rights Campaign
gptkbp:influenced	American civil rights legislation
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:James_Bevel gptkb:John_Lewis gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr. gptkb:Hosea_Williams
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Selma,_Alabama
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	National television
gptkbp:method	Demonstrations Marches Nonviolent protest
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Bloody_Sunday gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches 1965-03-07 1965-03-25 1965-03-21
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:James_Reeb gptkb:Amelia_Boynton_Robinson gptkb:Andrew_Young gptkb:Jimmie_Lee_Jackson gptkb:Diane_Nash gptkb:Viola_Liuzzo
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Edmund_Pettus_Bridge
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:George_Wallace gptkb:Jim_Clark gptkb:Alabama_state_troopers
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Birmingham_campaign
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom gptkb:Montgomery,_Alabama gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965 gptkb:Freedom_Summer African-American history
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:significance	Catalyst for Voting Rights Act
gptkbp:startDate	1965-01-02
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6