Civil Rights Movement: A social movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s aiming to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans through nonviolent protests, legal actions, and civil disobedience.
Feminism: A movement advocating for equal rights between genders and challenging traditional gender roles in areas such as politics, economics, education, and social norms.
Red Scare: The widespread fear of communism that emerged in the United States during the early Cold War period (late 1940s to early 1950s), leading to intense anti-communist sentiment, government investigations (like McCarthyism), and infringements on civil liberties.