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The First Amendment: The Right to Freedom of Religion, Expression, Press, and Assembly
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Freedom of Assembly and Petition

Civil Rights Movement

Civil Rights Movement

The right to assembly protects citizens' rights to gather together to peacefully protest. This right was frequently exercised during the Civil Rights Movement (depicted here).

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