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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The center hit its stride in the 1960s during the Civil Rights Movement, dramatically increasing membership of patrons curious about their history and place in the American landscape.
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Some celebrate our city's rich musical heritage, others elevate the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement who once called Nashville home.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
His mother’s roots were deep in Altadena, but his father had been raised in Compton in the time of the Black Panthers and the Civil Rights Movement.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
These Black labor groups also quickly became instrumental in the broader Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Some celebrate our city's rich musical heritage, others elevate the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement who once called Nashville home.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
His mother’s roots were deep in Altadena, but his father had been raised in Compton in the time of the Black Panthers and the Civil Rights Movement.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
These Black labor groups also quickly became instrumental in the broader Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 7 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 21 Feb. 2025.
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