Abstract
This article explores the importance of the modern US Civil Rights Movement. This mass movement was organized by southern Blacks in the 1950s and 1960s with the goal of overthrowing legally enforced racial segregation known as the Jim Crow regime. The Civil Rights Movement was initially triggered by the antisegregation action of Rosa Parks and led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As the movement developed, it involved hundreds of leaders and thousands of participants. These leaders and participants used massive nonviolent direct action to disrupt the Jim Crow regime in order to force white segregationists and the federal government to dismantle the system of racial segregation. The movement accomplished many of its goals because it was able to generate national legislation that prohibited racial segregation. Television and the mass media enabled this movement to become highly visible. Because of its visibility and heroic actions, the Civil Rights Movement has inspired national and international social change movements.
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