US Civil Rights Movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day
gptkb:National_Civil_Rights_Museum
gptkbp:endDate 1968
gptkbp:goal end racial segregation
achieve equal rights for African Americans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label US Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:American_Indian_Movement
gptkb:Chicano_Movement
gptkb:Women's_rights_movement
LGBT rights movement
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Abolitionist_movement
Gandhian nonviolence
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:television
newspapers
gptkbp:method gptkb:civil_disobedience
legal challenges
protest
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Birmingham_campaign
gptkb:Little_Rock_Nine
gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
gptkb:Montgomery_Bus_Boycott
gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkb:Freedom_Rides
gptkb:Greensboro_sit-ins
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Ella_Baker
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Medgar_Evers
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:Black_Panther_Party
gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality
gptkb:National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:White_Citizens'_Councils
Ku Klux Klan
gptkbp:result desegregation of public facilities
greater social and political equality
increased voter registration for African Americans
gptkbp:startDate 1954
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:March_for_Equality_and_Against_Racism
gptkb:1965_Freedom_Ride
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7