American Civil Rights Movement

Introduction

The American Civil Rights Movement was a more than a century-long struggle for the African Americans and other minorities of the USA to gain the fundamental human rights enjoyed by the white Americans. Examples of civil rights include the right to vote, the right to a fair trial, the right to government services, the right to public education, and the right to use public facilities. Lasting from 1954 to 1968, this political movement aimed to abolish institutional racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement throughout the United States.