Rosa parks whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement dies of natural causes . she was 92 拒绝在公交车上给一名白人男子让座而引发当代民权运动的罗莎.帕克斯安然去世，享年92岁。
They also supported the study of racial problems and the civil rights movement , which led the government to solve these problems 基金会还资助种族问题研究与民权运动，促使政府在这些问题上有所作为，缓解了国内的阶级与民族矛盾。
In the 1960s and 1970s mexicans ' uncertain status bedevilled attempts to create a civil - rights movement as potent as the black one was 在上世纪六七十年代，墨西哥人的社会地位很难确定，使得发动像黑人民权运动一样有影响力的运动的各种企图上受挫。
" using the nonviolent methods of mohandas k . gandhi , the movement spread , forcing the desegregation of department stores , supermarkets , libraries , and movie theatres . 民权运动运用甘地的非暴力抗议手法而广为散播，迫使百货商店、超市、图书馆和电影院等取消种族隔离。
Note : dr . martin luther king jr . was an african - american civil - rights leader . his birthday , january 15 , is celebrated throughout the united states as a national holiday 注：马丁路德金恩博士为美国黑人民权运动的领袖，其诞辰为1月15日，全美各地在这个国定假日期间均会举办庆祝活动。
In november 1956 , the supreme court ruled segregation on transportation unconstitutional , setting the stage for other significant steps forward in the civil - rights movement 1956年11月，美国最高法院判决这起事件为交通运输上的非法的种族隔离，这也为其他民权运动的迈进奠定了一个基础
