Civil disobedience
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Civil disobedience is the active and professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders, or commands of a government. By some definitions, civil disobedience has to be nonviolent to
Mahatma Gandhi making salt in violation of and protest against British salt laws
A marker at the location where Thoreau was imprisoned in Concord, Massachusetts
Henry David Thoreau's classic essay Civil Disobedience inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and many other activists.
A police officer speaks with a demonstrator at a union picket, explaining that she will be arrested if she does not leave the street. The demonstrator was arrested moments later.
Salt March
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The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March, and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India, led by Mahatma Gandhi. The 24-day march lasted
Civil disobedience
…Mahatma Gandhi making salt in violation of and protest against British salt laws Civil disobedience is the active and professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands…
Gandhi leading his followers on the Salt March to abolish the British salt laws
Mahatma Gandhi, Mithuben Petit, and Sarojini Naidu during the March
Gandhi at a public rally during the Salt Satyagraha