African-American Civil Rights Movement
- The African-American Civil Rights Movement refers to the extensive reform movements in the United States that occurred in the mid-1950's all the way
through the late 1960's.
- The movement aimed to ultimately end racial discrimination and demand equal justice through civil disobedience and other forms of non-violent protests,
such as:
- Boycotts
- Sit-ins
- Marches
- Several civil rights organizations took part in the movement, such as:
- NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
- CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)
- SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
- SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
- The movement provoked fierce opposition from segregationists in the South. Retaliation from white supremacists were often violent and sometimes deadly.
- Although plagued with all kinds of hostility and antagonism, the movement had facilitated important changes in legislation:
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin in employment practices and
accommodations
- The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which banned any discriminatory voting practices that for so long had disfranchised many African-Americans in the
South
- The Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibited discrimination in the sale and rental of housing
- Related links:
Abraham Lincoln Brown v. Board of Education Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 Race and Racism
American Civil War Civil Rights Movement Human Evolution Martin Luther King, Jr. Slavery in the New World
Apartheid Dred Scott Jim Crow Plessy v. Ferguson White Supremacy
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