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civil-rights movement

civil-rights movement is the alternative form of civil rights movement.

Meaning of civil rights movement

Noun

civil rights movement (plural civil rights movements)

  1. Any of a number of movements against systemic oppression in various different countries, but especially
  2. (US, historical) A social and political movement in the United States between 1954 and 1968 that aimed to end racial segregation, discrimination, and disfranchisement.

Forms of civil-rights movement

pluralcivil-rights movements

Questions about civil-rights movement

What is civil-rights movement the alternative form of?
Civil-rights movement is the alternative form of civil rights movement.

Words near civil-rights movement in the dictionary

  1. civil wars
  2. civil wrong
  3. civil wrongs
  4. civil year
  5. civil years
  6. civil-rights movement
  7. civil-rights movements
  8. civiler
  9. civilest
  10. civilian
  11. civilian service

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