The Civil Rights Movement is an umbrella term for the many varieties of activism that sought to secure full political, social, and economic rights for African Americans in the period from 1946 to 1968.
Civil rights activism involved a diversity of approaches, from bringing lawsuits in court, to lobbying the federal government, to mass direct action, to black power.
The efforts of civil rights activists resulted in many substantial victories, but also met with the fierce opposition of white supremacists
Dorothy Vaughan had six children, so it was really hard to commit to them and science at the same time. But this reconciliation was, in her case, a philosophical matter of private and public interest. What she did as a scientist helped her children too, just like so many other children, and humanity in general. As a mother, she naturally missed her children and wanted to spend more time with them; but she had this other mission as well, which was even more important, in terms of humanity.
