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civil rights movement
n movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens
Students showcase civil rights work Students from McComb have a personal reason for showcasing major moments in the civil rights movement.
June 13, 2013 - The Clarion-Ledger
50th anniversary of assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers Mississippi native and civil rights activist Medgar Evers was killed June 12, 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi. Hear an American RadioWorks documentary, "State of Siege: Mississippi Whites and the Civil Rights Movement."
June 12, 2013 - Minnesota Public Radio
Video: 50th anniversary of an American civil rights milestone This is the 50th anniversary of a milestone in America's civil rights movement when segregationist governor George Wallace was forced by the Kennedy administration to comply with a court order and admit black students to the all-white University of Alabama. Scott Pelley reports.
June 12, 2013 - CBS News