Peaceful Resistance In America

One popular example of peaceful resistance to our laws is the Rosa Parks incident. Parks peacefully disobeyed the segregation laws which required her, and other people of color, to move to the back of the bus in order for white people to have the front seats. When Parks broke the law, she also made a statement. She had harmed no one, and done no harm to any property. All she did was refuse to move to the back of a bus. Her act of disobedience prompted the skepticism of segregation laws and helped prove the fact that just because something is lawful, does not mean it is moral and just because

In my opinion, Peaceful resistance is the reason we have so much freedom in this country today. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) made it farther (and had a bigger impact) on the President of the United Sates at the time tan Malcom X. A perfect example of peaceful resistance would be Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”. In this letter MLK peacefully puts down the people o the outside who are hurting the rights movement more than helping. As MLK was being put down by some of the people who should be helping this movement he calmly and kindly tells them that what is happening at that time isn’t okay and he will do everything in his power to peacefully change how the United States is today, and especially to get African American’s right to vote. Although, Rosa Parks did provoke the bus

To begin with one must find a peaceful solution in order to fight for their rights in a peaceful way. In the article “letter from Birmingham jail’ by Martin Luther King states in lines 28 “ I am in Birmingham jail because injustice is here…racial injustice engulfs this community there have been more unsolved bombing negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in the nation.” This reveal’s that colored skin people in the community were not being

America was founded on a principle of civil disobedience. With the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers set forth a powerful precedent. The Declaration said in part, that when institutions of government becomes destructive or abusive of unalienable rights, it is the right of the people to alter it or to abolish it. The history of our nation tells us that civil disobedience is a civic responsibility, and in the alleged words of Thomas Jefferson, “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism”. From the Boston Tea Party to the Stonewall Riots, the United States Constitution and advances in racial, social, and gender equality support the idea that peaceful resistance positively contributes to a freer society, and a more equitable America.

Martin Luther King Jr. also used peaceful resistance and took it to a whole new level. When he died, it changed everything because of what he tried to do. He proved that black people can be white people's friends, and should be respected, and treated the same way. This shows that peaceful resistance can make a change, and it can be good if you have the right

Thomas Jefferson clearly stated in the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” Exactly what Jefferson meant by Liberty in this statement was unclear and has been subject of great debate over the years. There is further examination of the use of the word Liberty in the U.S. Constitution. It was stated in Amendment I, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Therefore, by Constitutional law, it is legal to exercise ones right of peaceful civil disobedience. I believe peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society. This is due to the fact that it exercises the rights we are given in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Two documents that run, support, and are the foundation or our nation.

Peaceful resistance positively impacts a free society, particularly in a Democracy such as the United States. Abraham Lincoln famously described our national foundation as a “government of the people, by the people, for the people”, and for such a statement to be true, it is necessary that voices of US citizens be heard.

It takes courage to have integrity in the face of a government or society that doesn't accept those who are different. Slowly, society has learned that even if a person isn’t a woman, or an African-American, or an immigrant, it doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t fight alongside these people for equal rights. Peaceful resistances enlighten people on what the topics truly are. Peaceful resistances allow for similar minds to collaborate and express. Peaceful resistances develop the moral system of each generation.

Peaceful resistance proved that Black Americans could rebel against the government without using violence.Though not everyone agreed with these principles, it helped kick start the civil rights movement showing that African Americans were not going to let racist remarks tear them down. Our national government needs to focus on peaceful protest, instead of using media to only focus on violence. There is continuing problems with racism in the United States, and a peaceful resistance benefits the cause to rebel. Using voices instead of fits to resist the flaws in the government is the basis of

Peaceful resistance in the United States of America, done with the right intentions, has a positive impact of a free society. I hold this belief because as humans we can be flawed in our ways of thinking and require something to draw our attention for us to realize our flawed views. Peaceful resistance is positive because it draws attention to an issue in society, it communicates a level of civility, and it attempts to initiate a positive way of addressing issues in society.

I believe that peaceful resistance to laws both positively and negatively impacts a free society. Civil disobedience is the refusal to obey certain laws and government demands one considers unjust, and accepting the consequences. The first amendment prohibits Congress to enact any law that would intervene with any person's civil rights. Though everybody knows this, why are there discussions about what people can and cannot refuse to do. Some people refuse to do things because it goes against their faith, which as stated earlier is allowed according to the first amendment. While others refuse to see what is right in front of them, in the very center of the Declaration of Independence.

A free society that limits or restricts the voice of its people fundamentally contradicts the exact meaning of free. The birth of America itself was knitted in the womb of violent disobedience of the law, and thus exists as a historically essential piece of who we are as Americans.

The word resistance holds a negative diction in todays society. Resistance is seen as a taboo thing to many people because it means raising your voice when it is quiet and it is know that many don't like the noise. However, peaceful civil resistance has made a change throughout history. Although many feel like peaceful resistance is detrimental to a free society one cannot avoid the fact that does make a society more aware of issues pending in the country.

People of color would go into restaurants the laws prohibited them from going in and sat down, to protest that there should be no segregation. While breaking these laws they put themselves in danger and the ones around them in danger. In the end the peaceful resistance to the segregation laws did in turn accomplish the change in laws and created three new amendments, Although they did put many people in danger including themselves because of their actions. I do believe that “We the People of The United States” (United States Constitution preamble) have a say in what our government does and we do have the right to overrule the government if its power becomes too great. I also believe we should do so in an order that obtains the laws, because they are put into place for a reason even if that reason is hard to understand. My opinion would be that although peaceful resistance has been positive in history it has also been negative, and within a free society there are many ways of changing a law without breaking any. American citizens are educated on ways to change laws and they should go about doing so legally without breaking any

Peaceful resistance in today's society is counted as just as bad as violent riots. As Americans with our constitutional rights should have the ability to peacefully resist anything that we find unjust but within current events it is seen as being a criminal for showing your opinion. I believe that peaceful resistance should have a positive impact on our country and that it should be seen as powerful rather than as weakness caused by the displeasure of events. As a country it is our job to take into consideration the rights and beliefs of all rather than few. For example within my own community there was a peaceful resistance or peaceful protest at our local university in which around 70 to 100 people were arrested simply for showing their