Civil Rights Movement

• An effort peaking in the 60’s where African Americans attempted to end racial discrimination through mostly nonviolent protests.
• Women were denied abortions
• In many states they could not buy contraception devices, or obtain national credit cards, or hope to rise to the top of most professions.
• Black faces on TV shows that weren't sports contests and 
• Provided the blueprint for the liberation of every other oppressed group in the United States.
• Birth control pill 
• Gay Rights