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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Kansas City musician Danny Cox, a revered figure who embodied the spirit of music and the Civil Rights Movement, has died. Laura Ziegler, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2025 The federal government took no substantive action against this for a century, until the 20th century’s Civil Rights Movement sparked change. David Cason, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025 In the 1960s, St. Augustine became a focal point of the Civil Rights Movement, stemming from the Monson Motor Lodge incident, when the white owner dumped acid into the pool while Black activists were swimming. Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025 Beginning with his childhood growing up on a university campus in Tuskegee, Ala., during the Civil Rights Movement, Truly traces Richie's rise to fame as a member of the soul group the Commodores. Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Civil Rights Movement

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First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Civil Rights Movement was in 1872

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“Civil Rights Movement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Civil%20Rights%20Movement. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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