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Selma to Montgomery March
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Selma_to_Montgomery_March
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
protest
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_National_Historic_Trail
annual reenactments
gptkbp:dateOfBloodySunday
1965-03-07
gptkbp:dateOfSuccessfulMarch
1965-03-21 to 1965-03-25
gptkbp:dateOfTurnaroundTuesday
1965-03-09
gptkbp:distance
54 miles
gptkbp:endDate
1965-03-25
gptkbp:endPoint
gptkb:Montgomery,_Alabama
gptkbp:featuredIn
documentary 'Eyes on the Prize'
film 'Selma' (2014)
gptkbp:governmentResponse
President Lyndon B. Johnson sent federal troops
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Selma to Montgomery March
gptkbp:influenced
American civil rights legislation
gptkbp:inspiredBy
nonviolent protest principles
gptkbp:ledTo
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Alabama
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
gptkb:CBS_News
gptkb:ABC_News
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:Edmund_Pettus_Bridge
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Bloody_Sunday
attack on marchers at Edmund Pettus Bridge
gptkbp:notableParticipant
gptkb:Amelia_Boynton_Robinson
gptkb:James_Bevel
gptkb:Hosea_Williams
gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkbp:notableVictim
gptkb:James_Reeb
gptkb:Jimmie_Lee_Jackson
gptkb:Viola_Liuzzo
gptkbp:numberOfMarches
3
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Alabama_State_Troopers
gptkb:Sheriff_Jim_Clark
gptkb:Governor_George_Wallace
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkbp:participants
thousands
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:purpose
voting rights
gptkbp:recognizedBy
gptkb:road
gptkb:U.S._National_Park_Service
gptkbp:relatedEvent
gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
gptkb:Freedom_Summer
gptkbp:relatedLegislation
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:resultedIn
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:startDate
1965-03-07
gptkbp:startPoint
gptkb:Selma,_Alabama
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_March_photograph
gptkb:Voting_Rights_March
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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