The Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s To end segregation laws and fight for the equal rights for the colored people; Afro-Americans began to have feelings of pride-"black is beautiful"; Blacks should coexist with other groups in a plural society Martin Luther King addressed a crowdThe Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s • To end segregation laws and fight for the equal rights for the colored people; • Afro-Americans began to have feelings of pride -- "black is beautiful"; • Blacks should coexist with other groups in a plural society. Martin Luther King addressed a crowd