The theory of civil disobedience, as defined and practiced by Henry David Thoreau, Ghandi, and Martin Luther King Jr., and its history in the United States, including the civil rights movement and protests of the Vietnam War.

Questions when civil disobedience should be condoned. Includes references to Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson, Lewis Van Dusen wrote Civil Disobedience: Destroyer of Democracy, abortion articles, and Martin Luther King and the Letter from Birhmingham Jail.

Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience influenced Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and Mohandas Gandhi to stand up for what they believed in without acts of violence. They followed their conscience to make decisions that will help bring positive reform to the people of their time. All of these leaders are now viewed as heroes because they made a difference in their community and changed the nature that people live in. Thoreau agrees that people need to live in a nature in which they can survive by stating "If a plant cannot live according to its nature; it dies; and so a man."

Although it is impossible to know for sure what effect an event has had on history, both Thoreau's essay and King's civil rights movement have effected every subsequent civil rights movement in one way or another. Martin Luther King, Jr. succeeded in securing the rights African Americans, through his presentation of opinions contrasting with those of Henry David Thoreau, and his establishment of civil disobedience as a fundamental mechanism for working towards justice.

Essay discusses Civil Disobedience and how Henry David Thoreau would have advised Frederick Douglas and Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil disobedience is the violation of laws that are considered unjust, uncivil, or immoral; such an action brings social change most effectively when it is combined with nonviolence. Four individuals -- Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Nelson Mandela -- all made tremendous gains in ensuring change for the better in their respective societies.

Essay is a reaction to "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau.

Electronic Civil Disobedience is the newest form of civil disobedience, and it is one of many Electronic Civil Disobedience campaigns, otherwise called "Hacktivism."