Defending Civil Disobedience
When acknowledging individual rights of a recognized person in the United States, it is always necessary to reintroduce the Bill of Rights, specifically the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This amendment states that the government cannot abridge the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. All in all, civil disobedience is a necessary personal duty that allows individuals to voice their opinion in their government.
Resistance to Civil Government by Henry David Thoreau is a notable piece of literature in American history as it paved the way to new archetypes of resistance to government. Although, what exactly is civil disobedience? Thoreau’s endpoint was to pioneer the age of …show more content…
One of the most famous acts of civil disobedience is when Rosa Parks refused to give up her to seat to a white man. The seats in the front were reserved for those of white complexion, yet she still sat there knowing that she could not. This resistance unfortunately got Parks arrested, but she ignited a movement towards the Jim Crow Laws. Her arrest caused a nonviolent protest on a larger-scale, the Montgomery Bus Boycott which lead to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation was unconstitutional. Parks had sacrificed her freedom and became a revolutionary to the government, through civil disobedience of course. Another famous example of peaceful protest was when Mahatma Gandhi demonstrated a hunger strike. This civil disobedience was effective because British officials would have much backlash had Gandhi died under their imprisonment. Thus Gandhi used his influence to make a huge push forward for Indian independence from Britain, as they could not endure the guilt of him fasting, only surviving off of
When acknowledging individual rights of a recognized person in the United States, it is always necessary to reintroduce the Bill of Rights, specifically the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This amendment states that the government cannot abridge the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. All in all, civil disobedience is a necessary personal duty that allows individuals to voice their opinion in their government.
Resistance to Civil Government by Henry David Thoreau is a notable piece of literature in American history as it paved the way to new archetypes of resistance to government. Although, what exactly is civil disobedience? Thoreau’s endpoint was to pioneer the age of …show more content…
One of the most famous acts of civil disobedience is when Rosa Parks refused to give up her to seat to a white man. The seats in the front were reserved for those of white complexion, yet she still sat there knowing that she could not. This resistance unfortunately got Parks arrested, but she ignited a movement towards the Jim Crow Laws. Her arrest caused a nonviolent protest on a larger-scale, the Montgomery Bus Boycott which lead to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation was unconstitutional. Parks had sacrificed her freedom and became a revolutionary to the government, through civil disobedience of course. Another famous example of peaceful protest was when Mahatma Gandhi demonstrated a hunger strike. This civil disobedience was effective because British officials would have much backlash had Gandhi died under their imprisonment. Thus Gandhi used his influence to make a huge push forward for Indian independence from Britain, as they could not endure the guilt of him fasting, only surviving off of