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[[Image:Martin-luther-king.jpg|thumb|300px|Martin Luther King Jr from the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall in Washington DC.]]
The '''civil rights movement''' was a movement towards racial equality and an end to segregation of [[African Americans]] that occurred in the [[United States]] from about 1953 to 1968, as courts and [[Congress]] changed laws for this purpose and to ensure that all African Americans could vote.
The '''civil rights movement''' was a movement towards racial equality and an end to segregation of [[African Americans]] that occurred in the [[United States]] from about 1953 to 1968, as courts and [[Congress]] changed laws for this purpose and to ensure that all African Americans could vote.