civil rights movement
1954–1968 U.S. nonviolent social movement
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Summary
civil rights movement is an it[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of it entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,576 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: black movement[4]
- Follows: Long Civil Rights Movement[5], Civil rights movement (1896–1954)[6]
- Subclass of: political movement[7]
- Part of: history of the United States[8]
- Commons category: African American civil rights movement[9]
- Start time: 1954[10]
- End time: 1968[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:African-American civil rights movement (1954–68)[12]
- Topic has template: Template:Civil rights movement[13]
- Set in period: Civil Rights era[14]
- In opposition to: racial segregation in the United States[15], racism in the United States[16], disfranchisement[17]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[18], WikiProject African diaspora[19], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
Why It Matters
civil rights movement has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]