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''Italic text''yeahYEAHTheThe '''civil rights movement in the [[United States]]''' has been a long, primarily [[nonviolent]] struggle to bring full [[civil rights]] and equality under the law to all Americans. It has been made up of many movements, though it is often used to refer to the struggles between [[1945]] and [[1970]] to end discrimination against [[African-American]]s and to end [[racial segregation]], especially in the [[U.S. South]].

This article focuses on that particular struggle, rather than the comparable movements to end discrimination against other ethnic groups within the United States or those struggles, such as the [[women's liberation]], [[gay liberation]], and [[disability rights movement|disabled rights]] movements, that have used similar tactics in pursuit of similar goals. The civil rights movement has had a lasting impact on United States society, both in its tactics and in increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights.