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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The song is a cover of the Beatles' 1968 tune, which was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement.
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Caché McClay, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Amid the violence of Bumpy Johnson and his conflict with Vincent Gigante (Vincent D’Onofrio), head of the Italian Genovese crime family, amid the upheaval of the Civil Rights Movement and Black Panthers, this show still pivots to family.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
This is the result of a decades-long conservative strategy to take over America’s education system and to roll back the gains of Brown v. Board and the Civil Rights Movement.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The formative years and parallel stories of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, two iconic leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, are compellingly explored in this docudrama series.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 1 May 2025
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Caché McClay, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Amid the violence of Bumpy Johnson and his conflict with Vincent Gigante (Vincent D’Onofrio), head of the Italian Genovese crime family, amid the upheaval of the Civil Rights Movement and Black Panthers, this show still pivots to family.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
This is the result of a decades-long conservative strategy to take over America’s education system and to roll back the gains of Brown v. Board and the Civil Rights Movement.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The formative years and parallel stories of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, two iconic leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, are compellingly explored in this docudrama series.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 1 May 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 20 May. 2025.
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