Civil Rights Movement

noun

variants or less commonly American Civil Rights Movement

: a movement (see movement sense 2b(1)) for racial equality in the U.S. that came to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s

Examples of Civil Rights Movement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Road Scholar, a nonprofit educational travel organization that offers hundreds of programs around the world, debuted its original Civil Rights Movement program in 2017. — Rebecca Deurlein, Southern Living, 16 July 2026

Some Black Americans who were part of the Civil Rights Movement saw the decision as a death knell for a crown jewel of the Voting Rights Act. — ABC News, 14 July 2026

The center invites visitors to trace that arc themselves — from Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement to the present — and to consider the unfinished work ahead. — Jenan Mohajir, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Obviously people in the Civil Rights Movement felt that even more deeply. — NBC news, 5 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Civil Rights Movement

• improvement