Civil Disobedience And The Effect Of The Civil Rights Movement
In a free society, it is inevitable for reform to occur.It is a common theme across world history for people to peacefully challenge the decisions of those above them.From the plebeians disobeying the laws of Ancient Rome to the Indian Independence Movement, civil disobedience has been among us for so long, and each society is able to build off its predecessors’ mistakes.Henry Thoreau inspired generations to come in his essay, “Civil Disobedience”, and the effect of it was widespread.In fact, while in jail, Mahatma Gandhi picked up a copy of Thoreau’s essay and was able to utilize the tactics discussed by Thoreau to successfully challenge Britain’s control over India.That movement created a template itself as the Civil Rights movement of the
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Ezell Blair, Jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond are names less common to the average American in the twenty-first century, yet their impact on society will forever be maintained.When they decided to purchase items at a store in North Carolina in 1960 and subsequently sit at the counter at the restaurant, they had no idea that their actions would lead to protests across the country for months and eventually set a model for the rest of the world to follow forever.When it was decided that they had broken no rules, twenty more black students joined them the following day.The increase in news coverage of the events would eventually lead to a successful Civil Rights movement in which desegregation occurred, and African Americans were essentially “freed” from discrimination following the Civil War era.After sit-ins' success in North Carolina, it became an increasingly popular way to protest, as it was seen effective through forcing the people being protested to find alternative means of enforcing the policy in controversy.Sit-ins can also be seen as having an overall positive impact due to the template they set for other peaceful protest types to
Ezell Blair, Jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond are names less common to the average American in the twenty-first century, yet their impact on society will forever be maintained.When they decided to purchase items at a store in North Carolina in 1960 and subsequently sit at the counter at the restaurant, they had no idea that their actions would lead to protests across the country for months and eventually set a model for the rest of the world to follow forever.When it was decided that they had broken no rules, twenty more black students joined them the following day.The increase in news coverage of the events would eventually lead to a successful Civil Rights movement in which desegregation occurred, and African Americans were essentially “freed” from discrimination following the Civil War era.After sit-ins' success in North Carolina, it became an increasingly popular way to protest, as it was seen effective through forcing the people being protested to find alternative means of enforcing the policy in controversy.Sit-ins can also be seen as having an overall positive impact due to the template they set for other peaceful protest types to