Now CAUSE is a term used to describe the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The term is composed of two words, 'NOW' and 'CAUSE, ' which refer to the urgency of the movement and the need for equal rights for all people. ERA stands for Equal Rights Amendment, which was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that sought to guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens regardless of sex. Equalrights refers to the civil rights movement, which sought to end discrimination based on race, gender, and other factors.