Civil Rights Movement (Noun)
Meaning
Movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The civil rights movement in the United States was a decades-long struggle for equality and justice for African Americans.
- Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent leader in the civil rights movement, advocating for nonviolent civil disobedience to bring about social change.
- The civil rights movement led to the passage of landmark legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
- The civil rights movement was marked by significant events, such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, and the Selma to Montgomery Marches.
- The civil rights movement inspired other social movements, including the women's rights movement, the Chicano movement, and the American Indian Movement.