Use this Discovering American History video entitled The Civil Rights Movement 1945 to 1966 to study the mass movements for civil rights beginning in the black community and then extending to the Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Asian, and American Indian communities as well. Learn how this era, often called the "Second Reconstruction," saw advances against segregation through federal court decisions and more direct demonstrations as black leaders forced the larger community to face segregation issues. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 reinforced political equality, but economic and social equality did not automatically follow.
Learn about The Civil Rights Movement 1945-1966.