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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Other projects emphasized the triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Michael Allen, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
Eunice Flowers has vivid memories of being taught about the Civil Rights Movement, learning about Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Panther Party.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
Mays, the longtime president of Morehouse College and the first Black president of the Atlanta Board of Education, is often called the intellectual architect of the Civil Rights Movement.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
This pattern continued through secession and Civil War, Reconstruction, the 20th century Civil Rights Movement, the other rights revolutions that made the academies more diverse, and through to the present day.
—Ryan Shaw / Made By History, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
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Michael Allen, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2025
Eunice Flowers has vivid memories of being taught about the Civil Rights Movement, learning about Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Panther Party.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
Mays, the longtime president of Morehouse College and the first Black president of the Atlanta Board of Education, is often called the intellectual architect of the Civil Rights Movement.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
This pattern continued through secession and Civil War, Reconstruction, the 20th century Civil Rights Movement, the other rights revolutions that made the academies more diverse, and through to the present day.
—Ryan Shaw / Made By History, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Civil Rights Movement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Civil%20Rights%20Movement. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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