What did the civil rights movement do?
Answers USCIS accepts
- Fought to end racial discrimination
What does this answer mean?
The civil rights movement fought to end racial discrimination. That's the answer USCIS accepts.
Racial discrimination means treating people unfairly because of their race. For decades after slavery ended, Black Americans faced segregation, meaning separate and unequal schools, businesses, and public places, and many were kept from voting.
The movement used court cases, protests, marches, and voting drives to change that. In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., for the March on Washington, where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
These efforts led to major laws. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination in workplaces, public accommodations, and public facilities. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed literacy tests and other barriers that had kept Black Americans from voting.
At the interview, say "fought to end racial discrimination."
Memory tip
Civil rights movement: end discrimination by race.
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