Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement (pronunciation: /ˈsɪvɪl ˈraɪts ˈmuːvmənt/) was a decades-long struggle by African Americans and their like-minded allies to end institutionalized Racial Discrimination, Disenfranchisement, and Racial Segregation in the United States.

Etymology

The term "Civil Rights Movement" is derived from the Latin word civis, meaning "citizen", and the English words "rights", referring to the privileges or entitlements granted by a government to its citizens, and "movement", indicating a group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas.

Related Terms

• Nonviolent Resistance
• Racial Equality
• Voting Rights Act
• Civil Rights Act
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Rosa Parks
• Malcolm X
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Selma to Montgomery Marches
• Little Rock Nine

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