Freedom Riders National Monument

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United States National Park Service site national monument

Freedom Riders National Monument is a U.S. National Park Service site in Anniston, Alabama, that preserves and interprets locations central to the 1961 civil rights Freedom Rides challenging segregated interstate travel.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Freedom Riders National Monument canonical 4
Freedom Riders bus attack site 1
Freedom Riders bus station sites 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States National Park Service site ⓘ
national monument ⓘ
adminCenter Anniston, Alabama ⓘ
associatedWith Congress of Racial Equality ⓘ
Freedom Rides ⓘ
surface form: Freedom Riders

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
category Civil rights memorial ⓘ
Protected area of Alabama ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Barack Obama ⓘ
designationDate 2017-01-12 ⓘ
establishedBy Presidential Proclamation ⓘ
governingBody National Park Service ⓘ
hasComponent Freedom Riders National Monument self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Freedom Riders bus attack site

Greyhound bus station site ⓘ
hasPurpose commemoration of the Freedom Rides ⓘ
interpretation of the 1961 Freedom Rides ⓘ
preservation of civil rights history ⓘ
hasSubject desegregation of public transportation ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ
heritageDesignation U.S. National Monument ⓘ
surface form: United States national monument
inception 2017-01-12 ⓘ
isPartOf civil rights sites in the United States ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName English ⓘ
legalStatus federally protected area ⓘ
locatedAt former Greyhound bus station in Anniston ⓘ
site of bus burning outside Anniston ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
Anniston, Alabama ⓘ
Calhoun County, Alabama ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
namedAfter Freedom Rides ⓘ
surface form: Freedom Riders
nearestCity Anniston, Alabama ⓘ
operator National Park Service ⓘ
owner United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
partOf United States National Park System ⓘ
publicAccess yes ⓘ
significantEvent Freedom Rides ⓘ
surface form: 1961 Freedom Rides

attack on Freedom Riders in Anniston ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1961 ⓘ
Civil Rights Era ⓘ
topic American civil rights movement ⓘ
interstate bus segregation ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
visitorActivities education ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
historical interpretation ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Freedom Rides → commemoratedBy → Freedom Riders National Monument ⓘ
Alabama → containsNationalParkSite → Freedom Riders National Monument ⓘ
Alabama → containsHistoricSite → Freedom Riders National Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freedom Riders bus station sites
Alabama → containsHistoricSite → Freedom Riders National Monument ⓘ
Freedom Riders National Monument → hasComponent → Freedom Riders National Monument self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freedom Riders bus attack site
Greyhound bus station site → relatedTo → Freedom Riders National Monument ⓘ
subject surface form: Greyhound bus station site (Anniston, Alabama)