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

Examples of Civil Rights Movement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This historic downtown restaurant honors the original 1960s lunch counter where nine Black college students were arrested during a sit-in, becoming the first protestors to serve jail time during the Civil Rights Movement. —Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024

Black Americans, from the post-Reconstruction era to the Civil Rights Movement, carved out outdoor spaces for joy, refuge, and resistance despite systemic exclusion. —Essence, 25 Nov. 2024

In the 1960s, Catholic activists launched a civil rights campaign drawing in part on the philosophy and peaceful direct action of the Civil Rights Movement for Black liberation in the United States. —Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024

Maps The Costume Designer for ‘Conclave’ on Dressing a Pope Paul Stephenson, 87, Dies; Advanced Britain’s Civil Rights Movement Saudi Arabia Hosts a Tennis Final Won by Coco Gauff What Is Paul Taylor Without Paul Taylor? —New York Times, 10 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above