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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For the Civil Rights Movement, Alabama troopers lifting truncheons to beat marchers crossing Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Similarly, Hahn highlights the struggle for racial justice during the Civil Rights Movement.
—Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
During the Civil Rights Movement, Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Septima Clark, Diane Nash, and Dorothy Height didn't wait for permission to lead.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
But during the Civil Rights Movement, presidents on some occasions used their authority to supersede states' rights to activate the National Guard.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
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Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Similarly, Hahn highlights the struggle for racial justice during the Civil Rights Movement.
—Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
During the Civil Rights Movement, Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Septima Clark, Diane Nash, and Dorothy Height didn't wait for permission to lead.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
But during the Civil Rights Movement, presidents on some occasions used their authority to supersede states' rights to activate the National Guard.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Civil Rights Movement
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“Civil Rights Movement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Civil%20Rights%20Movement. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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