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    Her actions resulted in an arrest for civil disobedience‚ despite her causing no harm to anyone. While her choice to refuse to give up her seat may have seemed like a small action‚ it sparked the 381-day-long boycott of public busses‚ ultimately leading to the Supreme Court ruling the segregation of busses as unconstitutional (Rosa Parks and Civil Disobedience). Despite not causing harm to a single person‚ Rosa Parks’ acts of nonviolent protest

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    and soul to compose a breed of its own (Aldridge et al. 2016‚ Rice 2003). The imbedded realities within hip hop create a social consciousness that reflect the ideologies of the Civil Rights Movement and serves as a positive outlet that lets the youth express their frustrations while pushing towards a solution

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    It is certainly true that disobedience is a valuable characteristic. Although some might disagree‚ there are many historical and current events‚ whether that’s the Civil Rights Movement or the Palestine War‚ that announce otherwise. For instance‚ the valiant attempt by Rosa Parks to stop racial injustice. She is widely known for her disobedience towards a white man’s order to re-allocate herself to the back of the public bus. Rosa Parks – having stood up to the man – caused both races to acknowledge

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    The movie “The Long Walk Home” is set in Montgomery‚ Alabama during the mid-1950’s during the event of the civil rights movement which was the Montgomery Bus Boycott. These African-Americans were given hope after hearing of an African-American named Rosa Parks‚ who refused to give up her seat to a white person‚ which resulted in the formation of a grass-roots movement by choosing not to ride the buses‚ they took this prideful but yet powerful protest by enveloping it within their own daily lives

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    The mass movement for racial equality in the United States known as the civil rights movement started in the late 1950s. Through nonviolent protest actions‚ it broke through the pattern of racial segregation‚ the practice in the South through which black Americans were not allowed to use the same schools‚ churches‚ restaurants‚ buses‚ and other facilities as white Americans. The movement also achieved the passage of landmark equal-rights laws in the mid-1960s intended to end discrimination against

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    for individuals with disabilities in such areas as employment‚ public accommodations‚ transportation‚ State and local government services‚ and telecommunications ("Americans with disabilities‚" 2006). The Civil Rights Movement began in the 1960’s with the Women’s Rights and Disability Rights Movement’s. Women and minorities became protected by legislation passed by the U.S. congress in the 1960’s. Federal legislation did not protect people with disabilities until later in the 1990’s. The Americans

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    Environmental injustice exists when members of a certain group suffer disproportionately from environmental risks‚ hazards‚ or violations of fundamental human rights (Carder). These injustices are usually caused by unfair government/court decisions‚ being denied access to information and denied participation in a decision-making process (Carder). Hierarchies of power also play a major role in the way that they tolerate‚ propagate‚ and perpetuate injustice against a large number of disadvantaged people

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    with the thought of racism amongst African Americans. To name a few‚ African Americans experience racism through racial inequality‚ racial profiling‚ and police brutality. The Black Lives Matter Movement in particular brought the attention to police brutality in America. Known to be the new Civil Rights Movement‚ Black Lives Matter was created because of the injustice amongst people of color when it comes to police killings. According to the Guardian‚ blacks killed by police this year were more than

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    activist of all sorts of causes. Often this sort of activism has been compared to the glorious Civil Rights Movement. Recent debate has quite different views on if activism through social media is as influential in publicizing far-reaching causes. According to Malcolm Gladwell‚ social media may assist people in becoming aware of certain

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    peacefully that is or use violence for their right to become a self-governing nation? Without violence conducted on by peace‚ would any movements be ignited? In some cases yes‚ violence is acceptable for social change. More things have changed throughout history by violence then peaceful protest has ever done. Also‚ peace will eventually turn to violence. Violence will be viewed as acceptable to some and evil to others. James Lawson‚ a Civil Rights activist‚ believed that "the violence was accepted"

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