1966 Meredith March Against Fear

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civil rights march nonviolent demonstration protest movement event

The 1966 Meredith March Against Fear was a pivotal civil rights demonstration in Mississippi that, after the shooting of organizer James Meredith, became a mass march and a key moment in the emergence and popularization of the Black Power movement.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights march ⓘ nonviolent demonstration ⓘ protest movement event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Meredith March ⓘ Meredith March Against Fear ⓘ
associatedWith	Black Power movement ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Movement
continuedBy	Congress of Racial Equality ⓘ Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1966-06-26 ⓘ
followed	Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
hasCause	voter intimidation in Mississippi ⓘ
hasEffect	emergence of the Black Power movement as a national force ⓘ increased national attention to Mississippi voter registration ⓘ mobilization of thousands of marchers across Mississippi ⓘ popularization of the slogan "Black Power" ⓘ
hasEndPoint	Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
hasLocation	Mississippi ⓘ
hasOrganizer	James Meredith ⓘ
hasParticipant	CORE activists ⓘ Floyd McKissick ⓘ James Meredith ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ SCLC activists ⓘ SNCC activists ⓘ Stokely Carmichael ⓘ local Mississippi civil rights workers ⓘ
hasPurpose	to challenge racial segregation and white supremacy in Mississippi ⓘ to encourage African Americans in Mississippi to register to vote ⓘ
hasStartPoint	Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
hasTheme	Black self-determination ⓘ nonviolent protest ⓘ racial equality ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1960s ⓘ
influenced	subsequent Black Power organizing in the United States ⓘ
mediaCoverageBy	national U.S. news media ⓘ
motto	March Against Fear ⓘ
notableSpeechBy	Stokely Carmichael ⓘ
opposedBy	segregationist authorities in Mississippi ⓘ white supremacist groups in Mississippi ⓘ
organisedBy	James Meredith ⓘ
resultedIn	greater cooperation and tensions between civil rights organizations ⓘ
riskFactor	violence against civil rights activists in Mississippi ⓘ
significantEvent	shooting of James Meredith ⓘ
sloganUsed	Black Power movement ⓘ surface form: Black Power
startDate	1966-06-05 ⓘ

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Black Power movement → hasKeyEvent → 1966 Meredith March Against Fear ⓘ