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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Watch on Amazon One Night in Miami … Based on the play of same name, One Night in Miami follows four icons of culture, music, and sports—Malcolm X, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke, and Muhammad Ali—at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, a converging and pivotal point in their lives and careers.
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Matt Kamen, WIRED, 26 July 2024
Aligning their careers with American history illustrates the impact Black liberation and the Civil Rights Movement had on all sectors of society.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Aug. 2024
His works, which accompanied the rise of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, continue to influence writers and activists to this day.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2024
The 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi shocked the nation and galvanized the early Civil Rights Movement.
—Sotiris Kampanelis, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
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Matt Kamen, WIRED, 26 July 2024
Aligning their careers with American history illustrates the impact Black liberation and the Civil Rights Movement had on all sectors of society.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Aug. 2024
His works, which accompanied the rise of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, continue to influence writers and activists to this day.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Aug. 2024
The 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi shocked the nation and galvanized the early Civil Rights Movement.
—Sotiris Kampanelis, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
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“Civil Rights Movement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Civil%20Rights%20Movement. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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