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This raises a question at what point would the start of pushes for black civil rights start? 1880 or 1890? I assume that abolition would be considered a separate realm.
It does seem that gay rights is moving faster. In my mind a possible explanation is that they are able to build off of the progress of past activists like those pushing for racial equality and feminists.
In a sense from the beginning of the nation, but I would count the modern Black civil rights movement as starting in the early 50's. Not coincidentally, soon after the Black vets returned from the war.