When did the civil rights movement start?
Whilst the civil rights movement began to gain momentum in 1955 it was many, many more years before changes took place that led to less discrimination against African Americans and laws were passed to remove the segregation that was common in some areas of America.he pivotal event that pushed the civil rights movement into full swing occurred on December 1st 1955 when an African American woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.