Civil rights movement (1896–1954)
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Civil rights movement (1896–1954)
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The civil rights movement (1896–1954) was a long, primarily nonviolent action to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The era has had a lasting impact on American society – in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and in its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism. Two US Supreme Court decisions in particular serve as bookends of the movement: the 1896 ruling of Plessy v Ferguson, which upheld "separate but equal" racial seg
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Social movement in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement_(1896%E2%80%931954)
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2005-04-03T18:20:15Z
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2024-08-28T17:01:02Z
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