Brief_Introduction_of_Civil_Rights_Movement

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1、CivilRightsmovementCivilRightsMovementAworldwidepoliticalmovementforequalitybeforethelawoccurringbetweenapproximately1950and1980.Inmanysituationsittooktheformofcampaignsofcivilresistanceaimedatachievingchangebynonviolentformsofresistance.Insomesituationsitwasaccompanied

2、,orfollowed,bycivilunrestandarmedrebellion.NonviolentResistanceMa’hatmaGandhileadingadecades-longnonviolentstruggleagainstBritishruleinIndia,whicheventuallyhelpedIndiawinitsindependencein1947MartinLutherKing'sandJamesBevel'sadoptionofGandhi'snonviolentmethodsinthestrugg

3、letowincivilrightsforAfricanAmericansThe1989“VelvetRevolution”inCzechoslovakia(前捷克) thatsawtheoverthrowoftheCommunistgovernmentWomen’speacemovementledbyLeymahGboweethathelpedtoendtheSecondLiberianCivilWarin2003CivilRightsMovementWorldwideCivilrightsmovementinNorthernIre

4、landIndependencemovementsinAfricaCanada'sQuietRevolutionGermanstudentmovementFrance1968Tlatelolcomassacre,MexicoPragueSpring1967AustralianReferendumAchievementsTheprocesswaslongandtenuousinmanycountries,andmanyofthesemovementsdidnotfullyachievetheirgoalsalthough,theeffo

5、rtsofthesemovementsdidleadtoimprovementsinthelegalrightsofpreviouslyoppressedgroupsofpeople.African-AmericanCivilRightsMovementThe African-AmericanCivilRightsMovement (1955–1968)referstothe socialmovements inthe UnitedStates aimedatoutlawing racialdiscriminationagainst 

6、blackAmericans andrestoring votingrights tothem. Themovementwascharacterizedbymajorcampaignsofcivilresistance..HowdiditcomeaboutAfterwhite-dominatedDemocraticPartyregainedpoliticalcontrolovertheSouth.TheRepublicanParty—the"partyofLincoln"—whichhadbeenthepartythatmostbla

7、cksbelongedto,shranktoinsignificanceasblackvoterregistrationwassuppressed.Bytheearly20thcentury,almostallelectedofficialsintheSouthwereDemocrats.DuringthesametimeasAfricanAmericanswerebeingdisfranchised,whiteDemocratsimposedracialsegregationbylaw.Violenceagainstblacksmu

8、shroomed.Amovementwasbrewing…..FormsofCivilResistanceBoycott（联合抵制）Sit-ins（静坐抗议）FreedomRides（自由行）Marches（游行）Eve