The Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a political, legal, and social struggle by black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and to achieve racial equality. The Civil Rights movement was first and foremost a challenge to segregation. During the Civil Rights Movement, individuals and organizations challenged segregation and discrimination with a variety of activities, including protest marches, boycotts, and refusal to abide by segregation laws. Many believed that …showed first 75 words of 1834 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1834 total…his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, riots erupted in 125 U.S. cities. To many this sparked the end to the Civil Rights Movement. Others argued that it ended with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and yet others contended that it was a struggle still going on. BIBLIOGRAPHY Encarta 98 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM Microsoft. 1998. Berry, Michael. Civil Rights. August 24, 1996. Available http://www.ghgcorp.com/hollaway/civil/contents.htm Hollaway, Kevin. Civil Rights: A Status Report. Dec. 1996