Selma to Montgomery marches

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The Selma to Montgomery marches were a series of 1965 civil rights protests in Alabama that became pivotal in the struggle for African American voting rights and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights protest ⓘ
event in the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
march ⓘ
nonviolent protest campaign ⓘ
commemoratedBy National Historic Trail designation of the route ⓘ
annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1965-03-25 ⓘ
endPoint Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
hasCause systemic disenfranchisement of Black voters in Alabama ⓘ
voter suppression of African Americans in the U.S. South ⓘ
hasEffect federal oversight of voter registration in certain states ⓘ
increased national support for civil rights legislation ⓘ
passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
influencedBy earlier civil rights campaigns in the South ⓘ
philosophy of nonviolence ⓘ
legalOutcome federal court order allowing the march to proceed ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
mainSubject African American voting rights ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national television coverage ⓘ
method nonviolent resistance ⓘ
peaceful marching ⓘ
notableLocation Alabama State Capitol ⓘ
Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church ⓘ
Edmund Pettus Bridge ⓘ
opponent Alabama state troopers ⓘ
linked to: Alabama

Dallas County Sheriff’s Office ⓘ
segregationist local officials ⓘ
opposedBy Governor George Wallace ⓘ
linked to: George Wallace
organizer Dallas County Voters League ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
participant Amelia Boynton Robinson ⓘ
Andrew Young ⓘ
Bayard Rustin ⓘ
Coretta Scott King ⓘ
Hosea Williams ⓘ
James Bevel ⓘ
John Lewis ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Ralph Abernathy ⓘ
thousands of civil rights activists ⓘ
partOf American Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
route U.S. Route 80 ⓘ
significantEvent Bloody Sunday ⓘ
Turnaround Tuesday ⓘ
third Selma to Montgomery march ⓘ
startDate 1965-03-07 ⓘ
startPoint Selma, Alabama ⓘ
supportedBy President Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
linked to: Lyndon B. Johnson

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Juanita Jones Abernathy → participatedIn → Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ