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free society. Let's take a moment to realize that civil disobedience is a way to protest without breaking the law. There are great civil rights activist, from the twentieth century, who have positively impacted our generation. For example, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, for a white male, on a Montgomery, Alabama,…

innovators, the most significant innovations and social changes have occurred within particular nations. The most successful innovators know both how to innovate for humans and to ignore their own human imperfections while doing so. Mahatma Gandhi and Rosa Parks’ successful social movements demonstrate that equality among innovators is a prerequisite to significant innovation and social change. Without Albert Einstein’s values of independent thought and collaboration, significant innovation and…

A Seat on the Bus Power is a central dynamic in the writing of history. It influences the content of this history we know and the way it is delivered. Power dictates what is taught and what is silenced, what is available and what is erased (Martin & Nakayama, 2010). In 1955, the American South was run by strict laws called “Jim Crow”. These state and local laws enforced a system of white supremacy that discriminated against citizens of color in the southern United States. Jim Crow mandated…

I received word this morning of a terrible scaffolding accident near Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. This caught my attention because my company is working on a site that overlooks the baseball park. After more news came in about the accident, I was relieved to hear that it was not the site I had in mind. The accident occurred at an apartment complex that is currently under construction. Although there were six injured workers, thankfully there were no life-threatening injuries reported.…

Many times in history, certain groups have been limited freedom. They are seen as inferior, and are mistreated. They have barely any rights, and do not know how to get out of it, and if it will ever get better. This happened in Little Rock, Arkansas. Nine students integrated into a school of white children, and they were not treated nicely. They need to know what role to play in order to gain more freedom. Individuals play a huge part in how their futures will turn out. The most important role…

be a small project, but I thought I could change Missoula in just fifteen hours. After numerous attempts to get in contact with organizations that could have a broad, long term impact on the community, I decided to simply pick up trash from a local park. This job wasn 't glamorous or exciting and it wasn 't going to change the way people looked at recycling and waste, but after a few thank you 's from people passing by or simply watching the ducks swim in the area I had recently collected trash…

came face to face with it. However, its fury was determined to be conquered by the family of four. Little did we know what the day had in store for us. Since this was one of the biggest amusement parks in the world we knew it would be a long wait for anything. It took around two hours to get in the park. Already the trip was…

country, but sometimes the people feel the need to fight. Peaceful protests have happened for decades, but when is it too much? When Rosa Parks sat on the bus and refused to give up her seat, she sparked a revolution. The African American population of the southern United States began fighting for equality through peaceful protests, like the 381-day…

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell is a novel that has won numerous awards such as “Best young adult fiction novel.” The reason for the banning of this book is sexual content, abuse, and harsh language. It should be banned for ages 13 and under because of some of the things said and done aren’t appropriate for certain age groups. In the novel, Eleanor and Park are the main characters. The two slowly communicate by meeting on the bus when Eleanor is the new girl who everyone makes fun…

being civilly disobedient, which is the defiance of governmental laws in a peaceful, non-violent way. Modern civil disobedience occurs in the articles, “ A Leading Pioneer”, “Saudi Arabia Women Defy Authorities Over Female Driving Ban”, and “Rosa Parks Leaves Challenge to consider Justness of Laws”. These stories…