Black Americans led a civil rights movement to demand equality and, in doing so, inspired others to fight for their rights. Many groups of marginalized Americans drew on the legal strategies and nonviolent protest tactics of the civil rights movement to fight for their own rights. Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Indigenous peoples, and people with disabilities faced different obstacles and therefore had slightly different goals. But through demonstrations, strikes, boycotts, and lawsuits, these groups made progress toward gaining equal rights in the United States.

Check Your Understanding- Question 1 of 2
Attempt 1 of 2
Choose the best option to complete each sentence about groups seeking equal civil rights in the 1950s and 1960s.

The Supreme Court's ruling in the Hernandez v. Texas case was a major victory for
Indigenous peoples
Select . . .
.

Asian Americans
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faced poverty and mismanagement of their resources by the federal government.

Many
Mexican Americans
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formed communities with others from their countries of origin in American cities.