Throughout the history of this nation change has been brought about by acts of civil disobedience, violent and non-violent. In the 1960’s many social changes were made, particularly in the treatment of Negro Americans, due to Non-Violent civil disobedience. You have to wonder, given the current culture in America of looking out for one’s self, how effective those methods would be today. Some believe that it would not be effective because we are a country that tends to follow the status quo instead of what he might feel is right. I am in agreement with Dr. Martin Luther King’s idea that we have a duty to disobey laws that are unjust and to use non-violent methods to get the attention of the oppressors. If the same methods were followed today as Dr. King was advocating in the 1960’s, it could be just as effective.
In the 1960’s Dr. King lead a movement throughout the south centered on non-violent civil disobedience. It was the means to force those in power to negotiate in good faith with those in the Negro Community who were being treated badly. According to Dr. King, it was the only way as “the …show more content…
In fact we see examples of this around us all the time. The modern day Tea Party protests were organized to bring to light excessive taxes and wastefully government spending. The Occupy Wall street movement protested social and economic inequalities in corporate America. The Black Lives Matter movement protested modern civil rights violations in America. All of these movements brought about change in one form or another. These groups knew they needed to take action, that just petitioning for change would not work. Just as Dr. King stated in a letter from the Birmingham Jail, “freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”, these groups demanded changes through
In the 1960’s Dr. King lead a movement throughout the south centered on non-violent civil disobedience. It was the means to force those in power to negotiate in good faith with those in the Negro Community who were being treated badly. According to Dr. King, it was the only way as “the …show more content…
In fact we see examples of this around us all the time. The modern day Tea Party protests were organized to bring to light excessive taxes and wastefully government spending. The Occupy Wall street movement protested social and economic inequalities in corporate America. The Black Lives Matter movement protested modern civil rights violations in America. All of these movements brought about change in one form or another. These groups knew they needed to take action, that just petitioning for change would not work. Just as Dr. King stated in a letter from the Birmingham Jail, “freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”, these groups demanded changes through