President kennedy had started to embrace the civil rights movement. What was this civil movement?

The civil right movement was a struggle for social justice for African Americans to gain equal rights in the United States.              

Explanation:

The civil rights movement took place during the 1950s and 1960s in America. People were protesting and marching against the segregation and the Jim Crow Laws in America against African America. The movement brought the nation’s attention to the injustice, cruelty toward them based on their colour.

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congress passed laws allowing for free passage between states.