gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:social_movements
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:March_on_Washington
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkb:Freedom_Rides
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gptkbp:characterized_by
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grassroots organizing
nonviolent protest
mass mobilization
civil disobedience
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gptkbp:ended
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1960s
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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the Civil Rights Movement
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:African_independence_movements
gptkb:World_War_II
Cold War politics
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gptkbp:is_focused_on
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ending racial segregation
ensuring voting rights
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gptkbp:is_opposed_by
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gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:militant_group
segregationists
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gptkbp:key_event
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gptkb:Montgomery_Bus_Boycott
gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkb:Watts_riots
gptkb:assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Birmingham_Campaign
gptkb:Freedom_Summer
gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
Civil Rights Act signing
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gptkbp:led_to
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gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
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gptkbp:legacy
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inspiration for other movements
influence on global human rights movements
establishment of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
ongoing struggles for racial equality
increased representation in politics and media
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gptkbp:notable_figures
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gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
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gptkbp:resulted_in
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affirmative action policies
desegregation of public facilities
greater awareness of racial issues
increased political participation of African Americans
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gptkbp:started_in
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1950s
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_National_Memorial_for_Peace_and_Justice
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Harriet_Tubman
gptkb:Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt_Memorial
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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