Freedom Riders National Monument
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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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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States National Park Service site
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national monument → |
| adminCenter |
Anniston, Alabama
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| associatedWith |
Congress of Racial Equality
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Freedom Riders → Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → |
| category |
Civil rights memorial
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Protected area of Alabama → |
| country |
United States
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| createdBy |
Barack Obama
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| designationDate |
2017-01-12
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| establishedBy |
Presidential Proclamation
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| governingBody |
National Park Service
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| hasComponent |
Freedom Riders bus attack site
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Greyhound bus station site → |
| hasPurpose |
commemoration of the Freedom Rides
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interpretation of the 1961 Freedom Rides → preservation of civil rights history → |
| hasSubject |
desegregation of public transportation
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nonviolent protest → |
| heritageDesignation |
United States national monument
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| inception |
2017-01-12
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| isPartOf |
civil rights sites in the United States
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| languageOfOfficialName |
English
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| legalStatus |
federally protected area
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| locatedAt |
former Greyhound bus station in Anniston
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site of bus burning outside Anniston → |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
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Anniston, Alabama → Calhoun County, Alabama NERFINISHED → Southern United States → |
| namedAfter |
Freedom Riders
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| nearestCity |
Anniston, Alabama
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| operator |
National Park Service
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| owner |
United States federal government
NERFINISHED
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| partOf |
United States National Park System
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| publicAccess |
yes
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| significantEvent |
1961 Freedom Rides
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attack on Freedom Riders in Anniston → |
| timePeriodCovered |
1961
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Civil Rights Era → |
| topic |
American civil rights movement
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interstate bus segregation → racial segregation in the United States → |
| visitorActivities |
education
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heritage tourism → historical interpretation → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Alabama
("Freedom Riders bus station sites")
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Alabama → |
containsHistoricSite |
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Freedom Rides
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commemoratedBy |
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Alabama
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containsNationalParkSite |
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Freedom Riders National Monument
("Freedom Riders bus attack site")
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hasComponent |