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4 gru 2017 · The civil rights movement was an organized effort by black Americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights under the law. It began in the late 1940s and ended in the late 1960s.
Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, ratified the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870, granting African Americans the right to vote, and it also enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1875 forbidding racial segregation in accommodations.
This is a timeline of the civil rights movement in the United States, a nonviolent mid-20th century freedom movement to gain legal equality and the enforcement of constitutional rights for people of color.
Sections: Prologue | The Segregation Era (1900–1939) | World War II and Post War (1940–1949) | Civil Rights Era (1950–1963) | The Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Immediate Impact of the Civil Rights Act | Epilogue
28 lis 2018 · Learn about the history of segregation in the United States, from slavery to Jim Crow laws to the civil rights movement. Explore the facts, timeline and legacy of racial discrimination and its impact on Black Americans.
The civil rights movement came to national prominence in the United States during the mid-1950s and continued to challenge racial segregation and discrimination through the 1960s.
1 lut 2011 · The civil rights movement was a struggle to demand social justice for Black Americans in the United States that took place during the 1950s and 1960s. The movement covers a range of campaigns and protests against racial segregation and the prejudiced treatment of African Americans.
