Civil Disobedience In America

Civil disobedience plays a huge role in today's society. For example immigrants coming over to America causes a lot of controversy. Many people feel as though all immigrants are bad and that is not the case. While there are many people who value a dollar not many people in other countries can say the same because they don't have much of anything.When immigrants come over they are breaking the law but in some cases we've had immigrants here who have been her for years and they have not caused any problems. Stereotypes are often formed when people hear things from friends,family,radio,tv and news. When people say that all immigrants are bad it's like says all white people are bad or all black people are bad and ect. I think not letting immigrants
Elizabeth Cady Stanton for example who was a women's rights activist broke the law several times. She felt as though it was unfair that only men got to play a role in the government and so she did what she felt was right and held a peaceful protest with a whole group of women who also wanted equality. While in the process of that she got her moment to shine when a president was on stage and she decided to join him but was soon arrested afterward because she was not allowed to have a say. By her doing that it cause a huge outbreak and caused a lot of women to only be more upset.Rosa Parks was another woman who was definitely not afraid to stick up for her rights. Rosa was brave because with her actions because she knew her and her people were getting treated unfairly and so she decided that she would sit in a white person's seat. After she got off the bus the police were waiting for her and she was thrown into jail. Although she knew what she was doing was wrong she was strong and stuck to her decision.There have many people that have broken rules just to stick up for their rights such as Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and