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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| March Against Fear canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights march
ⓘ
protest movement ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Black Power movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Black Power
|
| associatedWith |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Movement
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
Voting Rights Movement
|
| category |
1966 in civil rights history
ⓘ
Protest marches in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
surface form:
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 self-link ⓘ |
| startLocation |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.