At the peak of the civil rights movement, there were about demonstrations in the united states.

The civil rights movement was a time period from 1954 to 1968. The year in which the most demonstrations took place compared to any other year of the Civil Rights movements was 1965. During the peak of the Civil Rights movements about 400 demonstrations in the United States. In 1964 the Civil Rights Act was passed by Congress which created a shift in the movement where people went from advocating public accommodations to voting rights.