Voting Rights Movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:activePeriod gptkb:19th_century
20th century
21st century
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Bloody Sunday anniversary
John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Day
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:focusesOn voting rights
gptkbp:goal universal suffrage
elimination of voter suppression
gptkbp:influenced modern voting rights advocacy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Abolitionist_movement
gptkbp:method legal challenges
marches
protests
lobbying
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
segregationists
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:National_Voter_Registration_Act_of_1993
gptkb:24th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:19th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:15th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:resultedIn expansion of voting rights
increased voter registration
reduction of discriminatory practices
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Edmund_Pettus_Bridge
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lowndes_Interpretive_Center
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Voting Rights Movement