Gastroenterology Research and Practice is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that provides a forum for researchers and clinicians working in the areas of gastroenterology, hepatology, pancreas and biliary, and related cancers.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. The Civil Rights Movement that began in the late 1950's won for African-Americans basic rights long denied to them, inspired other discriminated groups to fight for their own rights, and had a deep effect on American society.n December 1, 1955, the modern civil rights movement began when Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
In 1963, many incidents brought the Civil Rights Movement in the United States to the forefront. On April 16, during anti-segregation protests, Martin Luther King, Jr. , was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama.While jailed, he wrote his influential Letter from Birmingham Jail..ore Anniversaries. Major events in the Civil Rights movement continued throughout the rest of 1963. On September 15, violence returned to Birmingham, Alabama, when the 16th Street Baptist Church, a popular location for civil rights meetings, was bombed.