the Civil Rights Movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:social_movements
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:March_on_Washington
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkb:Freedom_Rides
gptkbp:characterized_by grassroots organizing
nonviolent protest
mass mobilization
civil disobedience
gptkbp:ended 1960s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:African_independence_movements
gptkb:World_War_II
Cold War politics
gptkbp:is_focused_on ending racial segregation
ensuring voting rights
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Jim_Crow_laws
gptkb:militant_group
segregationists
gptkbp:key_event 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
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:legacy 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
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkbp:resulted_in affirmative action policies
desegregation of public facilities
greater awareness of racial issues
increased political participation of African Americans
gptkbp:started_in 1950s
gptkbp:bfsParent 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
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3