Question

This mass protest movement in the US was against the racial discrimination and racial segregation that came to prominance in the 1950s. For several decades, the African slaves and their descendants resisted racial oppression and demanded the abolition of institutional slavery. This movement not only aimed in achieving civil rights reforms but also confronted the economic, social, and cultural consequences of past racial oppression. Identify this movement?

• A. Black Rights Movement
• B. Universal Suffrage Movement
• C. Civil Rights Movement
• D. Black Lives Matter

Answer 1

The correct option is C Civil Rights Movement

The above mentioned movement is the Civil Rights Movement. Through mass protests and demonstrations, this movement achieved basic civil rights for the African-American Community through the passage of the 14th and 15th Amendment to the US Constitution. This movement succeeded in elimination of the Jim Crowe system of racial segregation. It also helped in reforming some of the worst aspects of racism in American institutions and life.