How to Use civil rights in a Sentence

civil rights

plural noun

• Daniel was an advocate for civil rights throughout his adult life.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2022
• That to me was a surprising thing, because of course the civil rights movement was going on.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Dec. 2024
• The 1955 lynching became a catalyst for the civil rights movement.
  — Emily Wagster Pettus, ajc, 22 Oct. 2022
• Black and Hispanic veterans often led the civil rights and social justice movements that continue to evolve to this day.
  — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Dec. 2024
• Kaur, founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, will speak from her experience as a civil rights leader.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022
• Nessel, a Democrat, is running on another four years focused on civil rights, consumer protection and public safety.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2022
• In the short term, Democrats must make the urgent, existential case that state legislatures are critical to the future of our civil rights and democracy.
  — Gaby Goldstein, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
• How can an organization dedicated to civil rights and economic justice ensure that its work is not overshadowed by damaging press?
  — Brad Ogbonna, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2022
• That plan could hasten results, but is likely to see pushback from civil rights groups that generally oppose changes limiting voting accessibility.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
• So within that, the ward of the court loses all their civil rights.
  — Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
• The civil rights laws of the 1960s opened up voting again for Tennesseans.
  — Bianca Fortis, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2022
• The civil rights charge against Haley carries up to 10 years.
  — Adrian Sainz, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
• The blowback comes from some customers, a group of Democrats in Congress and civil rights groups.
  — Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
• While they were spared prison terms, Schwimmer and others were fined and stripped of their civil rights.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
• Till’s brutal 1955 murder in the Jim Crow South helped spark the civil rights movement.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• The politics of the civil rights movement had bubbled up into the charts.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Nov. 2023
• Days of civil rights protests followed locally and around the world.
  — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2024
• The White River:Cleanup follows decades of civil rights abuses.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2024
• Retired now, Vernon was at the forefront of the civil rights movement.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
• But in the summer of 1967, the civil rights group used its newsletter to weigh in on a different topic.
  — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• He is considered as much a sports legend as a civil rights icon.
  — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 9 Aug. 2024
• Since then, Afghans have faced rising poverty and a crackdown on civil rights.
  — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
• An openly gay Black man did not easily fit in — even in the heart of a movement for civil rights and justice.
  — Valerie Wu, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
• Wade Hammond, a prominent civil rights leader in Phoenix, also owned the home for a time.
  — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
• The shift from the ’60s to the ’70s ushered in social change, with the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War influencing filmmaking.
  — Les Borsai, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2023
• Five of the eight surviving civil rights leaders attended the event.
  — Rikki Klaus, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
• Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader and organizer of the March on Washington, is the focus of a new biopic.
  — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• The Pride flag is widely seen as a symbol of civil rights and is flown by many government agencies across the United States.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
• Paul McCartney wrote the song in the summer of 1968, inspired by the American civil rights movement.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2024
• And then on top of everything else, at the precipice of what looked to be forward momentum for the civil rights movement, Dr. King was murdered here.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024