Disobedience In The Civil Rights Movement

Throughout all of human history, the acts brought on by disobedience have pioneered mankind into greatness. After all, it is through disobedience that one can hope to ever accomplish something truly extraordinary, for it is the act of defying authority that often brings about revolution against the unjust and an altered perspective of reality. Disobedience is an essential facet of society—needed to march progressively into a brighter future. Perhaps one of the most renowned examples of disobedience is that of defiance by American colonists, under the control of Great Britain, during the 1700s. Before the call of war was made, insubordination could be seen in events including the Boston Tea Party and the meetings of The Continental Congress. Bostonian men, disguised as Mohawk Indians, executed the Boston Tea Party when they dumped over 300 boxes of tea into the Boston Harbor. This was a grand addition to the defiance of several colonist rebels with their implementations of boycotts on British tea. American colonists were angered, for they had no representation in government and were being taxed
African Americans along with other minority groups and supporters of the cause went against regulations placed by those of a racially-segregating mindset in order to obtain equal rights. Sit-ins such as that arranged by four college students in a North Carolina Woolworth’s “Whites Only” sitting section, went against state law but were acts of protest to gain deserved equal treatment and service for all. Large-scale marches were organized as means of peaceful protest that negated the warnings of white authority to gain national attention for the efforts of millions of oppressed individuals. These operations guided by disobedience were without doubt necessary for the progress of humanity into a more unified