freedom riders

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:Birmingham_Campaign
gptkb:Freedom_Rides
gptkbp:campaigns desegregate public transportation
gptkbp:challenges the federal government
gptkbp:conducted gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:convicted_of gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
trespassing
gptkbp:depicted_in textbooks and educational materials
gptkbp:disease_resistance gptkb:Jackson,_Mississippi
gptkbp:events the Voting Rights Act of 1965
gptkbp:faced white supremacists
gptkbp:faction various civil rights organizations
gptkbp:formed gptkb:1961
gptkbp:fought_in gptkb:Anniston,_Alabama
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Freedom_Rides_Museum
gptkbp:has_conflict_with gptkb:local_law_enforcement
gptkbp:highlights racial injustice
gptkbp:historical_debate race relations
gptkbp:historical_role activism in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label freedom riders
gptkbp:includes gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:James_Farmer
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkbp:influenced_by the teachings of A. Philip Randolph
gptkbp:inspired gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:inspired_by the civil rights movement
Gandhian principles of nonviolence
gptkbp:integrates_with bus terminals
gptkbp:is_aimed_at gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
challenge segregation
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in various films and documentaries
gptkbp:is_involved_in sit-ins and protests
community organizing efforts
educational outreach efforts.
African American and white activists
gptkbp:is_organized_by gptkb:CORE_(Congress_of_Racial_Equality)
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Freedom_Rides
gptkbp:is_recognized_by gptkb:the_U._S._Congress
gptkb:the_Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
historical commemorations and events
gptkbp:is_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:legal_issue segregationists
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:movement gptkb:political_movement
achieve equality for all Americans
gptkbp:notable_members ending segregation
gptkbp:public_perception civil rights
gptkbp:significance the American civil rights movement
gptkbp:uses interstate buses