National Voting Rights Museum and Institute
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The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute is a museum in Selma, Alabama dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history and legacy of the American voting rights movement, particularly the Selma-to-Montgomery marches.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
civil rights museum
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history museum → museum → |
| associatedWith |
Bloody Sunday
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Edmund Pettus Bridge → Voting Rights Act of 1965 → civil rights movement → |
| category |
African-American museums in Alabama
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Civil rights movement museums → History museums in Alabama → Museums in Alabama → |
| country |
United States
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| dedicatedTo |
American voting rights movement
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Selma to Montgomery marches → |
| focusesOn |
African American civil rights
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events of Bloody Sunday (1965) → history of voting rights in the United States → |
| hasCollectionType |
artifacts
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documents → oral histories → photographs → |
| hasEducationalPrograms |
historical exhibits on voting rights
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public lectures → school group tours → |
| hasExhibitOn |
Selma to Montgomery marches
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 → civil rights activists → grassroots organizing for voting rights → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| locatedIn |
Alabama
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Dallas County, Alabama NERFINISHED → Selma, Alabama → |
| locatedNear |
Edmund Pettus Bridge
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| locatedOn |
U.S. Civil Rights Trail
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| mission |
to educate the public about the importance of voting rights
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to interpret the legacy of the Selma voting rights campaign → to preserve the history of the voting rights struggle in the United States → |
| namedAfter |
voting rights
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| near |
Downtown Selma
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| purpose |
commemoration of voting rights activists
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historic preservation → public education → |
| subjectOf |
tourism in Selma, Alabama
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| topic |
civil disobedience
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disenfranchisement of African Americans → nonviolent protest → voter registration drives → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Selma
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hasHistoricSite |
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Selma, Alabama
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hasLandmark |