civil rights movement
noun
Any movement working for the civil rights of a particular group or minority; specifically a movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s aimed at abolishing racial discrimination and improving the civil rights of African Americans.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Berkshire (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) Evening Eagle.
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