Question

give one feature of civil rights movements

Answer 1

Features of Civil rights movements:-

(i) The African- American ‘Civil Rights Movement’ encompasses social movements in the United States during 1954-1968, which aimed at abolishing legal racial discrimination against African-Americans.

(ii) This movement, led by Martin Luther  King Jr. practised non-violent methods of civil disobedience against racially discriminatory laws and practices.

(iii) ’The movement was characterised by major  campaigns of civil resistance. Acts of non-violent protest and civil disobedience produced crisis situations between activists and government authorities.