Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965)
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Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) was a pivotal civil rights protest in which peaceful marchers advocating for voting rights were brutally attacked by law enforcement on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, galvanizing national support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
civil rights protest
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historical event → police brutality incident → |
| AmeliaBoyntonRobinsonRole |
local voting rights activist
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| cause |
African American disenfranchisement in the U.S. South
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systemic voter suppression of Black citizens → |
| commemoratedBy |
annual marches across Edmund Pettus Bridge
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| contributedTo |
passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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| country |
United States
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| date |
1965-03-07
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| dayOfWeek |
Sunday
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| federalResponse |
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s call for voting rights legislation
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| goal |
march from Selma to Montgomery
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securing federal protection of voting rights → |
| governorAtTime |
George Wallace
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| historicalSignificance |
turning point in the struggle for African American voting rights in the United States
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| HoseaWilliamsRole |
SCLC leader and march co-leader
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| influenced |
Voting Rights Act of 1965
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| injuredPerson |
Amelia Boynton Robinson
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John Lewis → |
| issue |
racial discrimination
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voting rights → |
| John LewisRole |
SNCC leader and march co-leader
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| keyParticipant |
Albert Turner
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Amelia Boynton Robinson → Hosea Williams → John Lewis → |
| location |
Edmund Pettus Bridge
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Selma, Alabama → |
| mediaCoverage |
national television networks in the United States
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| method |
nonviolent protest
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peaceful march → |
| movement |
American civil rights movement
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| numberOfParticipants |
approximately 600
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| opposedBy |
Alabama state troopers
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Dallas County posse → local law enforcement officers → |
| organizedBy |
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → |
| partOf |
Selma to Montgomery marches
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| precededBy |
murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson
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| result |
dozens of marchers injured
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galvanized support for federal voting rights legislation → increased media attention to civil rights movement → national outrage → |
| state |
Alabama
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| televised |
yes
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| useOfForceByAuthorities |
clubs and nightsticks
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mounted charges by horsemen → tear gas → |
Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church
("Bloody Sunday")
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Dallas County Voters League ("Bloody Sunday (1965)") → Selma Historic District ("Bloody Sunday (1965)") → |
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Selma
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Selma ("Turnaround Tuesday (March 9, 1965)") → |
eventOccurredHere |
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National Voting Rights Museum and Institute
("Bloody Sunday")
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Selma, Alabama
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Dallas County Sheriff’s Office
("Bloody Sunday (1965)")
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historicalEventInvolvement |
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Selma
("Bloody Sunday (1965)")
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Amelia Boynton Robinson
("Bloody Sunday (1965)")
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notableEvent |
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Edmund Pettus Bridge
("Bloody Sunday")
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significantEvent |