Does rebellion incite chaos and control bring about peace? It depends. Civil disobedience has long been an excellent solution to finding a a way to effectively show disdain for a law without wreaking havoc. The next part to address in civil disobedience is the question of what is being protested. If the protest is reasonable in its moral and legal goals, civil disobedience can be a positive impact on society.
All it can take is one act. One simple and peaceful denial of the unjust law, and what follows could be a movement of the century. Rosa Parks does just that on a Montgomery bus in 1955. By standing up to the Jim Crow era and the segregation laws around that time, Parks perfectly embodies the act of effective civil disobedience. She said that one "must never be fearful" when the cause is just. Parks actions arguably could have been the galvanizing factor in the Civil Rights movement that soon followed. The Civil Rights movement was a great step towards racial, and even gender equality on the legal side of matters. This demonstrates how a well performed act of civil disobedience, done for the right reason, will benefit society.
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Persuasive quality is just about defined by the late Martin Luther King, as he writes from his prison cell in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." The rhetorical strategies that he employs present a compelling case for his actions, as well as the counter to his argument. All the while; however, he remains peaceful and non-combative and is still able to drive home the famous point that "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Through MLK's use of peaceful and convincing persuasion, anyone can see that an similar act of civil disobedience - and how one reacts to its consequences - can do nothing but be a positive influence on