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The major protest movements began with the civil rights movement during the 1950s and early 1960s. The civil rights movement fought to end long-standing political, social, economic, and legal practices that discriminated against black Americans.
Although the civil rights movement ultimately succeeded, many lives were harmed in the process. Many young people who began their political activism during this time transferred their commitment to social justice to other causes, including protests against the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and '70s.