The civil rights movement was a struggle for justice, which took place during the 1950s and 1960s for blacks to gain equal rights in the United States, although the Civil War fully destroyed slavery, it did not end discrimination against blacks allowing the continuation of racism, which led to African Americans having had more than enough of prejudice and violence against them, they sooner began a revolutionary fight for equality. A social activist, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., played a key role in the American Civil rights movement, and led the African Americans strong and proud, fighting for what was right. The African American rights activists and Martin Luther King’s followers also had a major role in the Civil rights movement, their thoughts