answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The American Civil Rights' main movement was from 1954-1965. However, it is an issue that went on long before that, and is still going on today.

The main results of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s were the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

User Avatar

Wiki User

9y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

The spark that started the modern Civil Rights movement occurred in December of 1955. Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, as Montgomery, Alabama law required. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. became the spokesman for the protest that developed and led the Black boycott of the Montgomery Bus system. The result was felt nation wide. Sit ins at all White lunch counters, marches, and demonstrations forced the government to act. In 1957, the first Blacks tried to enroll in Central High School, in Little Rock. Whites and the governor blocked their way. President Eisenhower had to use troops to protect the Black students and allow them entrance to the High School. Eventually, the Civil Rights Movement encompased the entire nation.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

The civil rights movement was giving African Americans the same rights as whites in the United States. There was a very big segregation problem going all the way back to 1775 in the American Revolution. To learn more, look for things on Martin Luther King Jr., Fredrick Douglas, and other civil rights leaders.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

The inability of ruling (minority) groups to see that All human beings are in fact the same and equal.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

It originated with Kennedy in the 1960's. With Rosa Parks refusing to sit in the back of the bus, and taking a seat in the front row, the civil rights movement began.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

School segregation was outlawed.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What was the civil rights movements in the 1960s?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Who was the black preacher that led the civil rights movements of the 1960s?

Joseph Lowery


How did the moments of civil rights differ from the American Indian movements?

the moments of civil rights Indian movements


How has slavery affected the history of US?

Slavery was directly responsible for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.


Which group is most likely to belong to the New Politics movement?

Upper-middle-class professionals, for whom the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s were key experiences.


Why is Dr. king's birthday a Holiday?

He symbolizes a breakthrough in the Civil Rights movements for African Americans. He was a great leader in the Civil Rights movements.


Significant legislative victory for the forces behind the civil rights era of the 1960s was?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964


What did student activists in the early 1960s focus on?

civil rights


What is The history of slavery and the civil rights movement in the 1960s?

yes


Civil Rights when did it all begin?

In the 1960s when LJK was president.


The most obvious and immediate predecessor of the 1960s civil rights era movement for equal rights to African Americans was?

The most obvious and immediate predecessor of the 1960s civil rights era movement for equal rights to African Americans was abolitionism.


What launched the civil rights movements?

Rosa Parks


Who was the prominent clergyman of the civil rights movement?

In the United States Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, one of the prominent leaders of nonviolent protest was the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. However, there were many more clergymen who were actively and vocally involved in this civil rights movement. Also, if you broaden the scope of the question to cover civil rights movements around the world and throughout history, there are thousands of individual clergymen who advocated for civil rights.