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Between 1955 and 1968, the American Civil Rights Movement used a combination of non-violence and civil disobedience to begin the removal of Jim Crow laws and begin the struggle for equal rights for African Americans in the United States. Forms of civil disobedience included marches, sit-ins and boycotts.
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∙ 9y agoCivil disobedience is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws or commands of a government. People used this in the past to gain equality.Ê
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Reading quetion from Civil Disobedience?
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When was civil disobedience published?
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How do you use civil disobedience in a sentence?
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What role did martin Luther king play in the civil war?
MLK did not play a role in war, but rather: Civil unrest, civil disobedience, and civil protest (peaceful). He asked for equal opportunities for all people in the community, so as to end segregation and prejudice. Today laws protect all people equally, (more or less), and civil problems are handled mainly via attorneys rather than public protest. With the new "occupy movements", one is reminded of the style of the MLK era civil protests.
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Who was the author of the book 'civil disobedience'?
"Civil Disobedience" was an essay written by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1849
