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As citizens of the United States of America, a democratic country, it is our responsibility to voice our opinion against laws so long as it is done in a peaceful way. Peaceful resistance to laws has a positive effect on society because it raises awareness, and can lead to change. Lawmakers will never know how society feels about an issue if the citizens sit back and let something they disagree with become a law. The beauty of America is that we are a democracy; citizens have a say in our government. Citizens need to take advantage of this precious gift and have that say in government. Peaceful resistance to laws is vital to raising awareness about a topic. Protests lead to discussions about it on social media and in newspapers, which then ignites the publicity this topic will receive. For example, Townsend Harris High School, located in Flushing, New York, held a peaceful sit-in on December 8, 2016 to voice their …show more content…

When Rosa Parks peacefully refused to give up her seat to a white person on December 1, 1955, she sparked a major peaceful protest with results that echo loudly eve in 2016. Her actions lead to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, in which many black people and white people refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama because of segregation on buses. Black people were required to sit in the back of the bus, and if a white person asked them for their seat, according to the law, they had to give it up. Since so many people took part in the bus boycott, the bus system suffered tremendously economically, the bus system surrendered, and ended segregation on buses. However, the bus boycott had far-reaching effects too. This movement launched the whole Civil Rights Movement. The world would be a totally different place if Rosa Parks had not peacefully spoken out against a law set in place. She brought society one step closer to being racially

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The 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott was a success in bringing equality among the racial segregation within buses and bus stations. One day in 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving when she was told to, which led to the call of boycotting against buses. Afterwards, African Americans gathered together and made a stance in refusing to ride buses as a protest against the unfair treatments they have endured on the buses (Document 2). Despite breaking black discriminating laws, they followed a nonviolent approach during their protest, which developed a progress toward equality. In addition, many blacks decided to avoid buses overall by finding different methods of transportation after the police started harassing the black taxi drivers.

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The civil rights movement in America was like a fireplace that people kept adding wood to before Rosa Parks finally lit it. On a segregated bus on December 1, 1955 in Montgomery Rosa Parks was asked to give her seat up for a white person and refused. She was arrested for the act but her boycott became a martyr of the struggle against segregation. She had been the secretary of a civil

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started with the Montgomery Bus Boycott on December 1, 1955, with Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat for a white man. This is a southern custom that blacks give their seats to white passengers towards the front of the bus and blacks either stand or move to the back. Rosa Parks was thrown in jail, so this required African Americans to take charge and begin The Montgomery Bus Boycott. This boycott lasted for over a year with blacks refusing to ride the city buses, which showed unity and determination among the black community. While the bus boycott was developing, Martin Luther King Jr. emerged as a leader with many unique skills.

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After all of these acts and peaceful protests, segregation slowly disappeared. Even though laws were made and the government tried to make things “equal”, there was still people that despised the opposite race. In 1955, a year after the Brown v. Board of Education decision, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus giving us the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Her arrest would later lead to other boycotts and sit-ins.

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Rosa Parks’ actions would alter the dynamics of the Civil Rights Movement in ways that were previously unknown before. In 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up to the white passenger. This event became known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott because it caused an uproar in the community. It is important because the entire African American community in Montgomery, Alabama united behind Rosa Park and supported her by boycotting the bus system. African Americans chose to walk to work or car pool with each other rather than ride the bus.

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In a movement called the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a woman named Rosa Parks sat at the front of a public bus. When Rosa refused to give her seat up to a white person, she was arrested. The community planned a bus boycott to take place on the fifth of December. Instead of the expected 60% turnout, almost 90% of the community boycotted the buses. Soon, national news was talking about the movement.

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From the beginning of mankind’s recorded history, opposition to established governing bodies have always been recorded. Whether through coup d'etat or a peaceful protest, resistance to authority always causes change in some way. The United States Government changes; laws are meant to change as well. America prides itself on the history of its peaceful protests and revolutions, demonstrating positive effects on a free society. Because peaceful resistance wasn’t creating progressive change, radical disobedience was the key to change in the 1700’s during the American Revolution.

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It was in Montgomery, Alabama, that Rosa Parks was arrested for not offering her seat the bus to a white passenger. Immediately following the arrest, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. initiated a protest of transportation services on December 1st, 1955, in retaliation for injustice against racial minorities. Rather than using public transportation, African Americans walked or received rides and this boycott lasted 381 days and was extremely influential. As a result of a federal court ruling in June 1956, the Supreme Court ruled that laws enacted to segregate buses were unlawful. During the civil rights movement, the Montgomery bus boycott was one of the first significant movements that contributed to societal change.

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In this investigation, I will prove how Rosa Parks changed the civil rights movement. When she did not give up her seat on the bus for a white man on December 1, 1955, Rosa sparked the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott that was held for 381 days. At a young age Rosa Parks was born into segregation. Rosa did not like how her people were not treated equally. When she was told to give up her seat she refused because she wanted to show that all humans are the same and should be treated fairly.

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The effect of peaceful resistance to laws is determined by the situation. Although some movements may be successful in reaching their goals, it may not have the best impact on society. Others may not be as successful, but in the long run, the impact on society and the equality will be much better. The success and impact of peaceful protest on society is usually determined by the way a group goes about achieving their goals.

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This helped to galvanize public opinion against the status quo and pressure lawmakers to enact change. While it is true that some entities believe in using force and violence as a means of achieving their goals, it is important to note that such strategies often lead to further violence and repression, and rarely achieve lasting change. Nonviolent passive resistance, on the other hand, has been proven to be an effective and sustainable way to achieve social and political progress, both in the United States and globally.

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No person wants to tread the difficult trail when it would be much easier to follow the herd along the easy route of following laws. Yet, those who still hold passion for moral truths disobey the law when unjust, and this is a true testament to the power of American perseverance. Most recently, the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline have brought more attention to the pipeline. This is another strong effect of civil disobedience. Even when no legal change is brought about immediately, attention to the cause still promotes change for the future.

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After Rosa parks refused to give her seat to white passenger and was arrested. The black people decided to launch a boycott. It denoted all of African Americans walked instead of riding a bus. The boycotters hoped the bus companies would lose money and be forced to abandon their segregation policy. After a year bus boycott, a unit state’s District Court ruling in Browder V. Gayle banned racial segregation on all Montgomery public buses.

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Civil Disobedience Thousands of dedicated people march the streets of a huge city, chanting repetitively about needing a change. They proudly hold vibrant signs and banners as they fight for what they believe in. Expressions of determination and hope are visibly spread across their faces. These people aren’t using weapons or violence to fight for their ideas; simply, they are using civil disobedience.

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Unbenounced to her, Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat to a white man ignited one of the largest and most successful mass movements in opposition to racial segregation in history. At a time when African Americans experienced racial discrimination from the law and within their own communities on a daily basis, they saw a need for radical change and the Montgomery bus boycott helped push them closer to achieving this goal. Unfortunately, much of black history is already excluded from textbooks, therefore to exclude an event as revolutionary to the civil rights movement as this one would be depriving individuals of necessary knowledge. The Montgomery bus boycott, without a doubt, should be included in the new textbook because politically

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