How to Use civil rights in a Sentence

civil rights

plural noun
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  • This line of argument has received support from some civil rights organizations.
    — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Good Trouble, along with a short on the civil rights leader and Harris mentor that was shown at the virtual convention that year.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2024
  • This had its public side in the civil rights movement, which was the freedom to not be discriminated against, and the personal freedom of achieving one’s potential.
    — Richard Stengel, TIME, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Under Williams’ leadership, Glide has been at the forefront of many civil rights causes that have shaped Bay Area history.
    — Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • So within that, the ward of the court loses all their civil rights.
    — Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The politics of the civil rights movement had bubbled up into the charts.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Days of civil rights protests followed locally and around the world.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The White River:Cleanup follows decades of civil rights abuses.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2024
  • But in the summer of 1967, the civil rights group used its newsletter to weigh in on a different topic.
    — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • He is considered as much a sports legend as a civil rights icon.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 9 Aug. 2024
  • An openly gay Black man did not easily fit in — even in the heart of a movement for civil rights and justice.
    — Valerie Wu, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Wade Hammond, a prominent civil rights leader in Phoenix, also owned the home for a time.
    — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The shift from the ’60s to the ’70s ushered in social change, with the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War influencing filmmaking.
    — Les Borsai, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Five of the eight surviving civil rights leaders attended the event.
    — Rikki Klaus, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader and organizer of the March on Washington, is the focus of a new biopic.
    — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The Pride flag is widely seen as a symbol of civil rights and is flown by many government agencies across the United States.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Paul McCartney wrote the song in the summer of 1968, inspired by the American civil rights movement.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And then on top of everything else, at the precipice of what looked to be forward momentum for the civil rights movement, Dr. King was murdered here.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Biden has made no secret of his admiration for Chavez — there is a bust of the civil rights leader behind his desk in the Oval Office.
    — Alejandra Molina, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Eig’s book has been called the definitive biography of the late civil rights icon.
    — Variety, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The injury to his neck and spine left Cox paralyzed from the chest down, according to civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
    — Michelle Watson, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The strike and national grape boycott evolved into a civil rights movement.
    — Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Democrats ultimately gave in and removed the water projects and civil rights provisions, and Congress passed the crime bill.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Critics have said the Texas law could lead to civil rights violations and racial profiling.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Is said general law consistent with the act of Congress to protect the colored people in their civil rights?
    — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Harris, a civil rights activist, doesn’t have a campaign website but has posted a campaign video on YouTube.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2023
  • He’s considered not only a sports legend but also a civil rights icon.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Active in the civil rights movement, Lovelace O’Neal has long made work in which racial politics were embedded, even when that work was abstract.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Richard Hunt, a prolific sculptor who was influenced by the civil rights movement and whose public art can be seen across the United States, has died.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • In the memory of Denise Carter and the legacy of the civil rights movement, there are stories imperative to Birmingham’s past and its future.
    — Alaina Bookman | Abookman@al.com, al, 5 Aug. 2023

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