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Martin Luther King Civil Disobedience

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Civil disobedience is the act of protesting over action that seem unjust. Martin Luther King became tired of the segregation of public spaces and the mistreatment of his people. He believed that the country that they lived in was unjust in their laws and policies toward African Americans. King emphasizes the history of slavery and the war that was fought to end such treatment and yet over the course of the years they were being treated as unequal in comparison to white men. He addresses his opponents the clergymen because he wants to justify his act of defiance. He does not harm any individual instead he practices a form of peaceful protest to send a message to the government and its people that they will no longer wait for justice to be done
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