For decades, authorities labeled them illegal immigrants and denied them citizenship.

数十年来，政府将其认定为非法移民并且否认他们公民权。

The civil rights era was in play.

当时民权运动如火如荼。

And the eve of the US Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

以及20世纪60年代美国民权运动前夕。

Civil liberties activists have criticized the bill.

民权活动家们批评了该法案。

Bob Dylan touched a nerve of disaffection. He spoke of civil rights, nuclear fallout, and loneliness.

鲍勃•狄伦触动了对现状不满神经，他唱到民权、核散落物以及孤独。

A year after Lincoln’s assassination, the party passes the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

林被一年后，党通过了1866年民权法案。

Movements for civil rights and women's rights were heading in new directions.

民权和女权运动正朝着新方向发展。

The nation lost civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis.

美国失去了民权偶像国会议员约翰·刘易斯。

Public events, marches, speeches by civil rights leaders and politicians are all part of it.

这一天活动包括公共活动、游行、民权领袖和政治家演讲等。

Some didn’t like the name and so they called it “Civil Rights Day”.

许多人不喜欢该节日名称，他们管它叫作“民权节”。

And it kick-started the Civil Rights movement.

它引发了民权运动。

Even Civil Rights organizations wouldn't hire them.

甚至民权组织也不会雇用他们。

There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights when will we satisfy.

有些人问热心民权运动人，我们什么时候才能满足他们。

It overturned an earlier Supreme Court decision, and it helped launch the civil rights movement.

它推翻了早期最高法院决定，并且帮助启动了民权运动。

He became a businessman, a political activist and a strong supporter of civil rights.

他成为了一名商人，一名政治活动家，一位民权坚定支持者。

Another was that the civil rights movement and women's movements reached many of their goals.

另一个原因是民权运动和妇女运动取得了长足进展。

They say learning how to read is a civil rights issue.

他们说，学习阅读是一个公民权利。

At the same time, Brown worked for civil rights for African-Americans.

与此同时，布朗还为非洲裔美国人争取民权。

Birthright citizenship is protected by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

出生公民权受美国宪法第十四修正案保护。

They were not wrong-and that may have been the mid-century civil-rights movement's greatest strength.

他们没有错，而这可能是二十世纪中叶民权运动最强大力量。