The Civil Rights Movement (1954-1964) was a social movement in the United States of America that addressed the injustices and mistreatment of African Americans. One of the many issues activists sought to bring attention to was segregation, which was legalized under "separate but equal" laws often passed at state levels. One of the most famous denotations of the Civil Rights Movement was the avid use of non-violent forms of protest, which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. heavily championed. Non-violent approaches most often used to bring awareness to race-based abuse and oppression were marches, sit-ins, and boycotts. Another important part of the Civil Rights Movement was the role of college students and student organizations. Organizations like the Congress On Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Although Black communities throughout the United States have fought for equal treatment and inclusion since the end of Reconstruction, especially throughout the Jim Crow Era, the Civil Rights Movement marks the pivotal 10-year period that led to federal intervention and the eventual passing of the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965).
