The Civil Rights Movement and Its Opposition

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:goal	Achieve equal rights Achieve voting rights End racial segregation
gptkbp:legacy	Expansion of civil rights Inspiration for other movements
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:Television Newspapers
gptkbp:method	gptkb:Civil_disobedience Nonviolent protest Legal challenges
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:George_Wallace gptkb:John_Lewis gptkb:Malcolm_X gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr. gptkb:Rosa_Parks gptkb:Strom_Thurmond gptkb:Bull_Connor
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:White_Citizens'_Councils gptkb:Southern_state_governments gptkb:Ku_Klux_Klan
gptkbp:oppositionGoal	Maintain segregation Preserve Jim Crow laws
gptkbp:oppositionMethod	Violence Intimidation Legislative obstruction
gptkbp:period	1950s 1960s
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education gptkb:March_on_Washington gptkb:Montgomery_Bus_Boycott gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 gptkb:Fair_Housing_Act_of_1968 gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:CORE gptkb:NAACP gptkb:SCLC gptkb:SNCC
gptkbp:topic	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement Opposition to Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Edward_Tufte
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Civil Rights Movement and Its Opposition