A protester must be sure that there is truly a noteworthy injustice, that are visible to everyone before being able to truly act in civil disobedience. ... As many people may see it, an analysis of the probability of civil disobedience must take into consideration not only the dissident's certain action and its likely outcome, but also their inspiration for partaking in this act of civil disobedience. ...

• Word Count: 3194
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1959, Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled to India and further development of the Gandhi's nonviolent strategy. ... Birmingham protests against President Kennedy responded, he proposed to relax the requirements of civil rights legislation to Congress, which led by the 1964 Civil Rights Act. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. then spoke law, he said that even under the Act apartheid arrested Rosa Parks may not be legitimate, because the Act does not specifically provide for the division of the ghetto and white area on the bus. ...

• Word Count: 3040
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After attending Morehouse College in Atlanta, King went on to study at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and Boston University, where he deepened his understanding of theological scholarship and explored Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent strategy for social change. ... When little resulted from this meeting, WPC's President Jo Ann Robinson reiterated the Council's requests in a May 21 letter to Mayor Gayle, asking him, "Please consider this plan, and if possible, act favorably upon it, for even now plans are being made to ride less, or not at all, on our buses." ...

• Word Count: 3779
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography

He wanted to ensure that the SCLC would act according to a careful, organized plan. ... With Levison and Bayard Rustin's help, King and the SCLC decided to pressure President Eisenhower about voting-rights laws and the proposed Civil Rights Act. ... The march did not persuade Congress to pass a strong civil-rights act, and President Eisenhower still would not meet with black leaders. In September 1957, Eisenhower finally acted to protect civil rights when the state of Arkansas refused to admit nine black students to Little Rock high school. ...

• Word Count: 3558
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The scale of protest and police brutality of the Birmingham Campaign created a new level of visibility for the civil rights movement and contributed to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. ... Shuttlesworth issued the "Birmingham Manifesto," which explained the black community's decision to act: "We act today in full concert with our Hebraic-Christian tradition, the laws of morality and the Constitution of our nation," Shuttlesworth proclaimed. ...

• Word Count: 6336
• Approx Pages: 25

The streetlights were on. Yet, it was three in the afternoon. The smog was so thick and black the sunlight cannot get through. Yesterday's newspaper rolls down the street as the wind gently blows, and the white working class tolerates no form of inter-racial mingling. Signs hang in storefronts read, "No Blacks,"" and "White Only."" ...

• Word Count: 3098
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School