Dallas County Voters League
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The Dallas County Voters League was a local civil rights organization in Selma, Alabama, that played a key role in Black voter registration efforts and helped catalyze the Selma voting rights campaign.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights organization
→
local political organization → voting rights organization → |
| activeIn |
1960s
→
Selma voting rights campaign → |
| advocatedFor |
elimination of literacy tests for voting
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end to arbitrary voter registration barriers → federal protection of voting rights → |
| associatedWithEvent |
Bloody Sunday (1965)
→
Selma to Montgomery marches → |
| collaboratedWith |
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
→
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → local Black churches in Selma → |
| country |
United States
→
|
| ethos |
nonviolent protest
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| focus |
African American voting rights
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Black voter registration → desegregation of voting → |
| goal |
end discriminatory voter registration practices
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increase Black voter registration in Dallas County → secure enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment → |
| historicalSignificance |
helped transform local grievances into a national civil rights issue
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key local base for the Selma voting rights movement → |
| influenced |
passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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| locatedIn |
Alabama
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Dallas County, Alabama → |
| location |
Selma, Alabama
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| movement |
American civil rights movement
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| notableFor |
helping catalyze the Selma to Montgomery marches
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organizing Black voter registration drives in Dallas County → role in Selma voting rights campaign → |
| opposedBy |
local white supremacist power structure
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segregationist officials in Dallas County → |
| represents |
African American community in Dallas County, Alabama
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|
| usedMethod |
coordination with national civil rights groups
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legal challenges to discriminatory practices → registration drives → voter education → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Amelia Boynton Robinson
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memberOf |
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Turnaround Tuesday
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organizedBy |
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Selma to Montgomery marches
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organizer |