Thoreau, the Transcendentalist author of Civil Disobedience, published in 1849 influenced a number of people that shared his views on social justice. ... Both written works reflected the powerful ideas of Henry David Thoreau's, Civil Disobedience. ... Only when black people in the South pushed themselves into view, brought public attention by acts of civil disobedience, did the government finally respond.... "(14) Howard Zinn's rhetorical questions express how Thoreau's ideas reflect on himself, but he also explains in his writing how Thoreau's Civil Disobedience influ...

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This movement practiced the laws of civil disobedience which showed how people were willing to risk any form of danger and even go to jail to overcome this chaotic period of time. ... Civil rights movements' means of protestation were at the early stages influenced by 'civil disobedience', that is to say freedom rides and sit-in's in order to directly challenge the injustice of segregationist laws. ... Therefore, 'civil disobedience' means of protestation were replaced by more accurate and appropriate means of protestation, more suitable to the new cause and its...

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