civil rights work
Fighting for justice
Civil rights work is advocacy, organizing, or legal efforts aimed at securing equal rights and protections for marginalized groups.
The term most often refers to activism addressing racial discrimination, particularly the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s: She devoted her life to civil rights work in the Deep South.
It encompasses activities from voter registration drives to litigation challenging discriminatory laws.
- activismDirect effort for reform
- marchingRhythmic group walking
- March on WashingtonHistoric civil rights demonstration
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- justiceFair treatment under law
equality · freedom · we shall overcome · solidarity · sit-ins · lunch counter · bus boycott · boycott · struggle · liberation · dignity · organizing · demonstrations · picket · Rosa Parks · voting · voter registration · advocacy
- Faith Activismsocial gospel, interfaith dialogue, Christian socialism, sanctuary movement, abolitionism
civil rights workdiscrimination
Unjust differential treatment
apartheid · voter suppression · oppression · segregation · white supremacy
civil rights workcomplacency
Uncritical satisfaction with oneself
acquiescence · apathy · silence · inaction · indifference
civil rights workpolitical repression
State suppression of opposition
COINTELPRO · counterinsurgency · union busting · strikebreaking · totalitarianism
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