freedom riders

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:are_part_of gptkb:Freedom_Rides
gptkbp:arrested_for gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
trespassing
gptkbp:challenges the federal government
gptkbp:coalition various civil rights organizations
gptkbp:commemorated_by various films and documentaries
gptkbp:conducted_rides_through gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:depicted_in textbooks and educational materials
gptkbp:encountered_violence_in gptkb:Anniston,_Alabama
gptkbp:faced_hostility_from gptkb:local_law_enforcement
gptkbp:faced_violence_from white supremacists
gptkbp:formed gptkb:1961
gptkbp:founded_in gptkb:Freedom_Rides_Museum
gptkbp:highlights racial injustice
gptkbp:historical_legacy activism in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label freedom riders
gptkbp:included gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkbp:inspired_by the civil rights movement
Gandhian principles of nonviolence
gptkbp:inspired_future_generations_of gptkb:activists
gptkbp:integration bus terminals
gptkbp:involved African American and white activists
gptkbp:is_aimed_at challenge segregation
gptkbp:is_organized_by gptkb:CORE_(Congress_of_Racial_Equality)
gptkbp:is_recognized_by gptkb:the_U._S._Congress
gptkb:the_Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
historical commemorations and events
gptkbp:is_significant_for the American civil rights movement
gptkbp:is_targeted_at gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkbp:legal_issue segregationists
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:public_perception civil rights
gptkbp:uses interstate buses
gptkbp:was_influenced_by the teachings of A. Philip Randolph
gptkbp:was_involved_in sit-ins and protests
community organizing efforts
educational outreach efforts.
gptkbp:was_supported_by gptkb:labor_unions
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
the Black church community
the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
gptkbp:were_met_with_resistance_in gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkbp:were_part_of_a_campaign_to desegregate public transportation
gptkbp:were_part_of_a_larger_movement_for gptkb:social_justice
gptkbp:were_part_of_a_movement_that_sought_to achieve equality for all Americans
gptkbp:were_part_of_a_national_dialogue_on race relations
gptkbp:were_part_of_a_series_of_events_leading_to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
gptkbp:were_recognized_for_their_role_in ending segregation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:Birmingham_Campaign
gptkb:Freedom_Rides
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4