Examples Of Civil Disobedience

Not only do I support peaceful resistance to laws, but I believe that it is necessary for citizens of a free society to exercise their civil liberties in this way. Civil disobedience, only when it doesn’t incite violence, proves to be effective and empowering. A famous example of civil disobedience is Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March, which inspired the peaceful protests of the Civil Rights Movement of the late 20th century. When a government enacts a law that results in the oppression of groups of people, it is the duty of the said people to speak out against the law for its unfair and corrupt nature. In the case of Mahatma Gandhi, he empowered the people of India to revolt against British rule and emerged victorious. His “action-based philosophy satyagraha, or truth force,” (O’Neill) led to what we now refer to as the Salt March. Gandhi led a group of 78 men on a trail spanning 241 miles to revolt against the British salt law that Indian men were not allowed to produce their own salt, a necessity for their lifestyle. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. deployed the same tactics in Selma, Alabama when he led a group of African Americans on a march against the Alabama state government in revolt for the laws preventing African Americans from the right to vote. Both Gandhi and King led the groups on a promise for better life and equality, no more living
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