Jackson Movement (1960s civil rights campaign)
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The Jackson Movement was a major 1960s civil rights campaign in Jackson, Mississippi, that organized protests, boycotts, and voter registration drives to challenge segregation and racial discrimination.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jackson Movement | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights campaign
ⓘ
social movement ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
ending racial discrimination
ⓘ
ending racial segregation ⓘ |
| contextOf | assassination of Medgar Evers in Jackson in 1963 ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
desegregation of some Jackson facilities
ⓘ
increased Black voter registration in Jackson area ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| facedOppositionFrom |
segregationist local officials in Jackson
ⓘ
white supremacist groups in Mississippi ⓘ |
| hasEthicalFocus |
civil disobedience
ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
desegregation of public accommodations in Jackson
ⓘ
expansion of Black political participation in Jackson ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Aaron Henry
ⓘ
Medgar Evers ⓘ other Mississippi NAACP leaders ⓘ |
| hasLocation | Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ |
| hasMainPeriod |
1962
ⓘ
1963 ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Council of Federated Organizations
ⓘ
Medgar Evers ⓘ NAACP ⓘ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ local Black community leaders in Jackson ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | early 1960s ⓘ |
| influenced |
Freedom Summer
ⓘ
later voting rights campaigns in Mississippi ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mississippi ⓘ |
| opposed |
racial discrimination in employment
ⓘ
racial discrimination in voting ⓘ segregation in downtown businesses ⓘ segregation in public facilities ⓘ |
| organized |
boycotts
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protests ⓘ voter registration drives ⓘ |
| partOf |
American civil rights movement
ⓘ
surface form:
Civil Rights Movement
|
| significantEvent |
1963 Jackson, Mississippi demonstrations
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boycott of downtown Jackson businesses ⓘ mass meetings at Black churches in Jackson ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
boycotts
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direct action ⓘ economic boycotts ⓘ mass meetings ⓘ picketing ⓘ sit-ins ⓘ voter registration drives ⓘ |
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