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 6