African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)

The Civil Rights Movement, also known as the American Civil Rights Movement and other names, is a

term that encompasses the strategies, groups, and social movements in the United States whose goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans and to secure legal recognition and federal protection of the citizenship rights enumerated in the Constitution and federal law. This article covers the phase of the movement between 1954 and 1968, particularly in the South.