Question

What force in society was the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s most trying to overcome?

Answer 1

The force in society that  civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s most trying to overcome was: Prejudice

Prejudice refers to a reserved perception or opinion that we have toward a certain type of social group without being based on actual evidence or facts. The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was made to fight for prejudice that large portion of american people had toward racial minority in both social and professional settings

Answer 2

Prejudice  

is the right answer. ;)))