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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:nonprofit_organization
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gptkbp:activeYearsEnd
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1992
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gptkbp:activeYearsStart
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1962
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gptkbp:activity
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distributed funds to civil rights groups
supported voter registration drives
helped increase Black voter registration in the South
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1992
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gptkbp:focus
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civil rights
voter registration
African American enfranchisement
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Robert_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Vernon_Jordan
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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helped register nearly 800,000 new Black voters
major role in the Civil Rights Movement
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Voter Education Project
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Atlanta,_Georgia
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gptkbp:notableMember
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gptkb:Amelia_Boynton_Robinson
gptkb:Andrew_Young
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Julian_Bond
gptkb:Vernon_Jordan
gptkb:John_Doar
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:Southern_Regional_Council
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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gptkb:Department_of_Justice
gptkb:Robert_F._Kennedy
philanthropic foundations
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Vernon_Jordan
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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