American Civil Rights Leaders There are many leaders who promoted equality for African- Americans. Two most notable leaders of the Civil Rights Movement include Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a political, legal, and social struggle by black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and to achieve racial equality. The civil rights movement was first and foremost a challenge to segregation, the system of laws …showed first 75 words of 2109 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2109 total…in the United States of America. They fought for racial equality through various methods, such as passive resistance and preaching self-respect to African-Americans. China unlike the United States lacked Civil Rights leaders due to the fact that they were a communist nation and they were going through a Cultural Revolution. The Civil Rights movements were a major part of the 1960's, and leaders such as Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, made this movements possible.