<P> The most important organisation established during this period was the Northern Irish Civil Rights Association (NICRA), established in 1967 to protest discrimination . NICRA's objectives were: </P> <Ol> <Li> To defend the basic freedoms of all citizens </Li> <Li> To protest the rights of the individual </Li> <Li> To highlight abuses of power </Li> <Li> To demand guarantees for freedom of speech, assembly and association </Li> <Li> To inform the public of its lawful rights </Li> </Ol> <Li> To defend the basic freedoms of all citizens </Li> <Li> To protest the rights of the individual </Li>

Leaders of the civil rights movement in northern ireland in the 1960s