Civil Rights Movement

noun

variants or less commonly American Civil Rights Movement

: a movement (see movement sense 2b(1)) 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

For many Black Americans, the decision was a death knell for a cherished pillar of the Civil Rights Movement. —ABC News, 2 May 2026

Economic protest Economic boycotts have been part of American protest since the Boston Tea Party and include actions like the Civil Rights Movement's Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956 and the United Farm Workers grape boycott of 1965–1970. —Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 1 May 2026

The 1960s Civil Rights Movement, especially in California, included a Mexican American component known as the Chicano Movement. —Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026

The shop follows in the legacy of another iconic DC bookstore, Drum and Spear, a cultural hub during the Civil Rights Movement. —Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Civil Rights Movement

• improvement