civil rights

[ˈsivl raits]

plural noun

the rights guaranteed by a nation's government to all its citizens.

in the United States, certain rights and liberties, as to vote, own property, and be treated equally regardless of race, religion, or sex, that are guaranteed by amendments to the Constitution and certain Congressional Acts, esp. as applied to an individual or a minority group.

"自由、平等等公民权利"于1721年出现于美国英语中。其来源为 civil，意为与有组织的共和国或其他公民之间的关系有关的公民。其中“公民”特指1866年以后的黑人美国公民，参见了 Civil Rights Bill, 一项国会法案，该法案授予在美国出生、非他国公民的“每一个种族和肤色”的人民公民身份。在1963年前后出现了与美国中期开始的争取种族平等运动有关的 Civil Rights Movement。

Rarely are we met with a challenge, not to our growth or abundance, or our welfare or our security, but rather to the values and the purposes and the meaning of our beloved nation. The issue of equal rights for American Negroes is such an issue. And should we defeat every enemy, and should we double our wealth and conquer the stars, and still be unequal to this issue, then we will have failed as a people and as a nation. [Lyndon Johnson, speech introducing Voting Rights Act, March 15, 1965] 

我们很少面对的是对我们所钟爱的国家的价值、目的和意义的挑战，而不是对我们的增长、丰裕、福利或安全的挑战。美国黑人的平等权利问题就是这样的一个挑战。如果我们能够击败每一位敌人，我们能够成倍增加我们的财富并征服星际，但如果我们在这个问题上不能平等对待这个问题，那么我们将作为一个民族和国家失败。[林登·约翰逊(Lyndon Johnson)，致全美演讲，1965年3月15日] 

公民的权利

民事权利

民权

公民权

see civil

The first known use of civil rights was circa 1614

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civil rightsplural noun

the nonpolitical rights of a citizenespecially: the rights of personal liberty guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress