The Civil Rights Movement aimed at achieving racial equality and dismantling systemic discrimination against African Americans in the United States. Activists sought to end practices such as segregation, disenfranchisement, and racial violence, advocating for policies that ensured equal rights under the law. Key events, including the 1963 March on Washington and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, were instrumental in raising awareness and creating change. The movement also laid the groundwork for subsequent struggles for social justice, serving as a crucial moment in the ongoing fight for equality and human rights.