Civil Rights (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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plural noun (often initial capital letters)
  1. rights to personal liberty established by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and certain Congressional acts, especially as applied to an individual or a minority group.
  2. the rights to full legal, social, and economic equality extended to African Americans.
pl n
  1. the personal rights of the individual citizen, in most countries upheld by law, as in the US
  2. of, relating to, or promoting equality in social, economic, and political rights
Civil Rights (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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