what type of social movement is occupy wall street
Occupy Wall Street Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district, receiving global attention and spawning a surge in the movement against economic inequality worldwide.[7]
African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968) The Civil Rights Movement (also known as the American civil rights movement, African-American civil rights movement, and other terms,[b]) was a human rights movement from 1954â€“1968 that encompassed strategies, groups, and social movements to accomplish its goal of ending legalized racial segregation and discrimination laws in the United States. The movement secured the legal recognition and federal protection of black Americans in the United States Constitution and federal law.