Social Movements of the 1960s The Civil Rights Movement The immediate reasons:Segregation laws in Southern states in the US prevented black and white people from being integrated; The Civil Rights Movement began when black people spontaneously protested segregation laws and created organized actions in protest of racial injustice. -The Civil Rights Movement started with actions by heroic individuals,such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King,Jr.,backed by black organizations. Social Movements of the 1960s • The Civil Rights Movement – The immediate reasons: Segregation laws in Southern states in the US prevented black and white people from being integrated; – The Civil Rights Movement began when black people spontaneously protested segregation laws and created organized actions in protest of racial injustice. – The Civil Rights Movement started with actions by heroic individuals, such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., backed by black organizations