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
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Yet despite heading for completely different futures, all while the Civil Rights Movement reaches a turning point, the bonds between Vernice and Annie remain unshakeable.
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Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
Democratic officeholders, civil rights leaders and others have descended on the southern city to pay homage to the pivotal moment of the Civil Rights Movement and to issue calls to action.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
Democratic officeholders, civil rights leaders and tourists descended on the southern city to pay homage to the pivotal moment of the Civil Rights Movement and to issue calls to action.
—Kim Chandler, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Fifteen or so years after the Civil Rights Movement supposedly magically solved all the race relations problems in America, hip-hop launched in the late 1970s and early ’80s.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
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Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
Democratic officeholders, civil rights leaders and others have descended on the southern city to pay homage to the pivotal moment of the Civil Rights Movement and to issue calls to action.
—ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
Democratic officeholders, civil rights leaders and tourists descended on the southern city to pay homage to the pivotal moment of the Civil Rights Movement and to issue calls to action.
—Kim Chandler, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Fifteen or so years after the Civil Rights Movement supposedly magically solved all the race relations problems in America, hip-hop launched in the late 1970s and early ’80s.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
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