In 1965 in southern United States, the ordeal of social issues was very prevalent in the lives of U.S. citizens. For the African Americans of this time, it’s hard to discern if slavery is was actually a thing of the past. Fifteen thousand people gathered to secure their right to suffrage and non discrimination, even though the right to vote is something that was “given” to them in the recent years. Their plan is to walk from Selma to Montgomery, a 54 mile walk. This group of people understand the risks they were taking by committing to an act of civil disobedience against the United States Government, but they were simply standing up for what is naturally just. This act of defiance against the oppressive rule of the government is, with utmost …show more content…
It is necessary for people to utilize the act of civil disobedience because, even in democracies, people need ways to express their voice with some magnitude. Breaking the law in the face of the law speaks volumes and gets attention. Doing this act in a peaceful manner has huge importance in the perception of the message that the people are trying to send. Violence is seen as barbaric and as anarchy. The goal of civil disobedience is to make the public see that the government is oppressive. Nobody was born any more important or any less important than any other person, so that is the way things ought to be later in life. For minorities in the United States, they are sometimes seen as people of lesser importance, which is bizarre in its ideology. I strongly believe that when someone really searches deep within him or herself, they will realize that there really is no difference between people from person to person on the level of a person’s worth. When seemingly innocent people suffer, the naturally empathetic elements of humans are touched. The BLM riots is a good example of an ineffective act of civil