Civil disobedience has proved successful in history. The civil rights movement in the United States is a great case study on how civil disobedience can be a useful tool in getting some thing accomplished. Sit-ins and the like did what many thought was an impossible thing- giving African Americans the rights they deserved.
to sum it up civil disobedience has shown that 'I am right and I will prove my point in a civilized manner" It's a powerful thing. All the great leaders of the a movement have used civil disobedience. I will note Malcolm X however, because his philosophy was interestind and understandable