Back حركة الحقوق المدنية Arabic Movimientu polos derechos civiles n'Estaos Xuníos AST Рух за правы афраамерыканцаў Byelorussian Moviment afroamericà pels drets civils Catalan Afroamerické hnutí za občanská práva Czech Mudiad Hawliau Sifil America Welsh Borgerrettighedsbevægelsen Danish Bürgerrechtsbewegung German Κίνημα δικαιωμάτων των πολιτών Greek Civil rights movement English
| Civil Rights Movement | ||||
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| Part of Cold War | ||||
 Protesters at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 | ||||
| Date | May 17, 1954 – April 4, 1968 | |||
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| Caused by | Racism Racial segregation | |||
| Goals | Racial integration | |||
| Methods | Nonviolence Protests Civil disobedience Lawsuits | |||
| Status | Concluded | |||
| Concessions given | Brown v. Board of Education Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Civil Rights Act of 1968 | |||
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The Civil Rights Movement was a social movement in the United States that tried to gain equal rights for African Americans that European Americans had. The movement is famous for using non-violent protests and civil disobedience (peacefully refusing to follow unfair laws). Activists used strategies like boycotts, sit-ins, and protest marches. Sometimes police or racist white people would attack them, but the activists never fought back.
However, the Civil Rights Movement was made up of many different people and groups. Not everyone believed the same things. For example, the Black Power movement believed black people should demand their civil rights and force white leaders to give them those rights.
The Civil Rights Movement was also made of people of different races and religions. The Movement's leaders and most of its activists were African-American. However, the Movement got political and financial support from labor unions, religious groups, and some white politicians, like Lyndon B. Johnson. Activists of all races came to join African-Americans in marches, sit-ins, and protests.
The Civil Rights Movement was very successful. It helped to get five federal laws and two amendments to the Constitution passed. These officially protected African Americans' rights. It also helped change many white people's attitudes about the way black people were treated and the rights they deserved.