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American Civil Rights |
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| The American Civil
Rights Movement (1955–1968) refers to the reform movements in the United
States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination against African Americans
and restoring suffrage in Southern states. This article covers the phase of
the movement between 1954 and 1968, particularly in the South. By 1966, the
emergence of the Black Power Movement, which lasted roughly from 1966 to
1975, enlarged the aims of the Civil Rights Movement to include racial
dignity, economic and political self-sufficiency, and freedom from White
domination. Many of those who were most active in the Civil Rights Movement, with organizations such as SNCC, CORE and SCLC, prefer the term "Southern Freedom Movement" because the struggle was about far more than just civil rights under law; it was also about fundamental issues of freedom, respect, dignity, and economic and social equality.
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