Civil Rights Movement
noun
variants
or less commonly American Civil Rights Movement
: a movement (see movement sense 2b) for racial equality in the U.S. that came to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s
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There are also oral histories featuring interviews with veterans of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Fannie Lou Hamer Fannie Lou Hamer was a Mississippi sharecropper turned fierce voting rights activist whose courage helped turn the trajectory of the Civil Rights Movement.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Reprinted with permission and adapted from This Is Rhythm: Ella Jenkins, Children’s Music, and the Long Civil Rights Movement by Gayle F. Wald.
—Gayle F. Wald, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Everyone Doesn’t Have the Privilege Needed to Engage in Economic Boycotts
During the Civil Rights Movement, the fight for civil rights was a core need.
—Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Fannie Lou Hamer Fannie Lou Hamer was a Mississippi sharecropper turned fierce voting rights activist whose courage helped turn the trajectory of the Civil Rights Movement.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Reprinted with permission and adapted from This Is Rhythm: Ella Jenkins, Children’s Music, and the Long Civil Rights Movement by Gayle F. Wald.
—Gayle F. Wald, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Everyone Doesn’t Have the Privilege Needed to Engage in Economic Boycotts
During the Civil Rights Movement, the fight for civil rights was a core need.
—Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Civil Rights Movement
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“Civil Rights Movement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Civil%20Rights%20Movement. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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