[Ads-l] Antedating of "Civil Rights Movement"

[Shapiro, Fred]

civil rights movement (OED 1947)

1873 New York Herald 13 Feb. 8/2 (Newspapers.com)

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ... A meeting of colored men was held last night ... to take into consideration the subject of their civil rights in this State.

Fred Shapiro

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