# Civil Rights Movement
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## TL;DR

The U.S. Civil Rights Movement involved legal challenges, mass protest, local organizing, and federal legislation against racial segregation and discrimination.

## Core Explanation

This article focuses on three evidence-backed anchors: the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Selma campaign. It avoids unsupported shorthand that collapses the movement into a few national leaders or vague references to "nonviolent resistance."

## Evidence Notes

The previous version used a single book page for several precise claims and included broken sentence fragments. This version uses the King Institute and National Archives for directly verifiable claims.

## Further Reading

- [Montgomery Bus Boycott - King Institute](https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/montgomery-bus-boycott)
- [Civil Rights Act, July 2, 1964 - National Archives](https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/civil-rights-1964/civil-rights-act-1964.html)
- [Civil Rights Movement introduction - King Institute](https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/introduction)

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