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Civil disobedience is the active, public, conscientious breach of the law to bring about a change in law or public policy. In the letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King explains the difference between just and unjust laws.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoMartin Luther King Jr. was influenced by Henry David Thoreau, who believed it was the obligation of citizens to disobey unjust laws. The Jim Crow laws which segregated the South were unjust laws, and King believed they had to be disobeyed if there was ever going to be equality in this country.
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∙ 12y agoIndia wanted their independance from Britain. Many wanted to fight England and start a war. Ghandi recommended instead that they apply civil disobedience. This is a protest movement that applies pressue by going on sit-in's and boycotts and protest without violence.
Martin Luther King, Jr. used this to obtains freedoms for Black Americans in the 1960's.
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∙ 10y agoThat individuals must judge right and wrong for themselves
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What are the limitations of civil disobedience movement INDIA?
depressed classes& muslims do not participated in this movement there was no unity in this movement it was not a strong movement
Who was inspired by civil disobedience?
"Civil disobedience" is a generalized catch-all term loosely referring to any organized disobedience to any established law, and a method used by demonstrators and advocates of a particular cause to draw the attention of the government (and the media) to their message.
Which transcendentalist recommended nonviolent civil disobedience to express opposition to a law?
george washington
What were the Causes of civil disobedience movement?
After calling-off of the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922, Mahatma Gandhi took indirect retirement from the politics and got indulge in creative works. In 1930 Congress, accepted a goal 'Purna Swaraj' in Lahore Session and it had decided to Civil Disobedience Movement, also Congress asked for Gandhiji's leadership for it. Gandhiji again came back in political scene and announced that he would lead march to break one of the most widely disliked laws of state monopoly over manufacturing and selling of salt. Gandhiji hoped to mobilize a wider discontent against British rule.AnswerThe main reason for the Civil Disobedience Movement was the appointment of the Simon Commission which was formed by the British look into the future constitutional progress of the country.There was not even a single Indian member in the commission and for India it was an insult it was thought that the government didn't had faith in the ability of the Indian people and hence they boycotted the the proceedings of the commission.Then a round table conference was setup between Gandhi and the government,they both agreed to a settlement and signed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact...now the British government as usual didn't keep the promise and the Civil Disobedience movement was started again...this time it didn't get momentum and the government suppressed the revolt.The Congress withdrew the movement in 1934.
I was a publisher whose abolitionist views were radical even in the North. I believed in civil disobedience and many abolitionists disagreed with my views about equality for women. Who am I?
William Lloyd Garrison
Who led civil disobedience movement?
Gandhiji
When and how was the Civil disobedience movement launched?
The Civil Disobedience Movement started in 1930 and was led by Mahalma Gandhi. This nonviolent resistant movement was a way to become independent from the British Empire.
Result of civil disobedience movement in India?
It strengthened the national movement
What movement in the US parallels Gandhi's use of nonviolent civil disobedience and his eventual assassination?
The Civil Rights movement was a nonviolent movement of civil disobedience and marches. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of its leaders and was assassinated.
What is difference between civil disobedience and non cooperation movements?
Non cooperation1) Non-cooperation movement was the first mass movement2) When non-cooperation movement was launched people did 't still understand the real meaning of satyagraha/non-violence3) One of the main aim of it included only attainment of SWARAJ4) Started in 1920.Civil disobedience1) But here it was attainment of PURNA SWARAJ2) By the time the civil disobedience movement was launched people understood the real meaning of non-violence3) Civil disobedience movement was the 2nd mass movement4) Started in 1930.
Civil disobedience movement in India 1930 - 1934 what are the result?
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What are the limitations of civil disobedience movement INDIA?
depressed classes& muslims do not participated in this movement there was no unity in this movement it was not a strong movement
Who was an advocate of civil disobedience during the civil rights movement of the 1960?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was an advocate of civil disobedience during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Where did gandhi hold his first civil disobedience movement in India?
Ahmedabad to dandi
In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement from?
sabarmati ashram
How did Assam responded to the civil disobedience movement?
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