To the other side of the Atlantic: the african americans and their fight for double equality

The demands for legal and social equality of the black population, channeled in the civil rights movement, was the framework of the 1960s for the United States. Not only the racial issue was present among this population, the African-Americans who participated directly began to be aware to the sexism towards them by the White society and their own community. The union around the congregation was promoted as a defense against racism, at the same time promoting family models and traditional gender roles. In the same decade, a new feminism emerged critical with the society of the momento, but driving a single model for its demands; which hindered the interracial connection, living different problems and demands for each group of women.