March Against Fear

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March Against Fear was a pivotal 1966 civil rights march through Mississippi, initiated by James Meredith and later joined by major civil rights leaders to challenge racial terror and promote Black voter registration.

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March Against Fear canonical 6

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights march ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ
associatedConcept Black Power ⓘ
associatedWith Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
Voting Rights Movement ⓘ
category 1966 in civil rights history ⓘ
Protest marches in the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
distance approximately 220 miles ⓘ
endLocation Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
followedBy expanded Black Power organizing by SNCC ⓘ
follows Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
hasCasualty James Meredith shooting ⓘ
hasDemands end to racial intimidation of Black voters ⓘ
federal protection for civil rights workers ⓘ
hasEndDate 1966-06-26 ⓘ
hasOrganizer civil rights organizations coalition ⓘ
hasParticipant CORE ⓘ
Floyd McKissick ⓘ
James Meredith ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
NAACP ⓘ
SCLC ⓘ
SNCC ⓘ
Stokely Carmichael ⓘ
hasStartDate 1966-06-05 ⓘ
legacy highlighted tensions between civil rights organizations ⓘ
strengthened grassroots organizing in Mississippi ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi ⓘ
mediaCoverageBy major U.S. newspapers ⓘ
national television networks ⓘ
notableEvent James Meredith was shot and wounded on the second day of the march ⓘ
opposedBy segregationists ⓘ
white supremacists ⓘ
organizer James Meredith ⓘ
perpetratorOfAttack Aubrey James Norvell ⓘ
purpose assert constitutional right to walk freely in Mississippi ⓘ
challenge racial terror in Mississippi ⓘ
promote Black voter registration ⓘ
result increased national attention to racism in Mississippi ⓘ
rise of Black Power slogan in national discourse ⓘ
thousands of new Black voter registrations ⓘ
route Highway 51 ⓘ
securityProvidedBy local activists ⓘ
securityThreat Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
violent white mobs ⓘ
slogan March Against Fear ⓘ
startLocation Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1966 Meredith March Against Fear → motto → March Against Fear ⓘ
James Meredith → shotDuring → March Against Fear ⓘ
James Meredith → organized → March Against Fear ⓘ
March Against Fear → slogan → March Against Fear ⓘ
Meredith March Against Fear → slogan → March Against Fear ⓘ
Aubrey James Norvell → eventParticipatedIn → March Against Fear ⓘ