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.
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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
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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
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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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