74.7k views
16 votes
What's the difference between Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter? (This is for my history project!)

User Os X Nerd
by
3.1k points

1 Answer

6 votes

Answer:

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist movement, originating in the African-American community that campaigns against violence toward African-Americans.

The Civil Rights movement was a social movement which spanned and evolved from the mid 1950’s to late 1960’s. The movement’s goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against African-American people along with securing federal citizenship rights.

Step-by-step explanation:

User Ravinder Kumar
by
2.9k points