civil rights movement

English

Proper noun

the civil rights movement

  1. Any of a number of movements against systemic racism in various different countries, but especially:
  1. (historical, US) A social and political movement in the United States between 1954 and 1968 that aimed to end racial segregation, discrimination, and disfranchisement.
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