The Fight for Equality
The civil rights movement in the United States was a decades-long struggle with the goal of enforcing constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that other Americans already enjoyed. 🌍
This movement is characterized by major campaigns of civil resistance. Between 1955 and 1968, acts of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience produced crisis situations and productive dialogues between activists and government authorities.
Key figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X become prominent leaders, advocating for change through peace and negotiation, as well as sometimes by challenging the status quo through more direct means.
More about civil rights can be found here.