<P> The Civil Rights Movement ( also known as the American civil rights movement , African - American civil rights movement , and other terms , ) was a human rights movement from 1954 -- 1968 that encompassed strategies , groups , and social movements to accomplish its goal of ending legalized racial segregation and discrimination laws in the United States . The movement secured the legal recognition and federal protection of black Americans in the United States Constitution and federal law . </P>
<P> The Civil Rights Movement ( also known as the American civil rights movement , African - American civil rights movement , and other terms , ) was a human rights movement from 1954 -- 1968 that encompassed strategies , groups , and social movements to accomplish its goal of ending legalized racial segregation and discrimination laws in the United States . The movement secured the legal recognition and federal protection of black Americans in the United States Constitution and federal law . </P>
when did the american civil rights movement end
when did the american civil rights movement end
1968
1968