The U.S Civil Rights Movement refers to the social and political struggle by African Americans in the mid-20th century to gain equal rights and end racial segregation and discrimination.
Related terms
Segregation: The enforced separation of different racial or ethnic groups in society.
Jim Crow Laws: State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century.
Brown v. Board of Education: A landmark Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, paving the way for desegregation efforts.