>I find it fascinating when people make the argument that the reason the civil rights movement succeeded was the harm done to society,

I find it fascinating that what Martin Luther King described as the "polite liberal racist" who moaned about blocking a freeway is still alive and well.

>I believe the civil rights movement succeeded in America because it was morally right

No, it worked because of Martin Luther King's nonviolent protest tactics - the ones which you described as terrorism.