Civil Disobedience

PR for People® Wants Student Writers!

PR for People Team
March 17, 2017
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Education

PR for People® is actively seeking high school students to write Op-Ed articles about topics covering civil rights, civil disobedience and activism. These articles will be published in the April issue of PR for People “The Connector” Magazine and on the PR for People News portal.

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Latest Posts in Civil Disobedience

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Educate Yourself: The American Resistance

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Patricia Vaccarino
September 07, 2025

Eons ago in my last year of college, John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice was the text book for my political science class. The class was assigned to write about the factors that led to Nazi Germany’s murderous rampage. What characteristics did the fascists (and their supporters) have in common? I decided to write about Nazi Germany from a different angle. I wrote about the people who had resisted the fascists. They shared characteristics in common. Those who had resisted fascism had integrity, compassion, and a conscience.

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Rev. Martin Luther King’s Six Principles of Nonviolence

PR for People Team
September 02, 2025

In the coming months, there will be a marked increase of “Civil Resistance.” Long coined as Civil Disobedience, nonviolent protest is one way people of conscience can stand strong and united during a time of heinous injustice. In our September news digest, we will feature an article about the many ways people of conscience can demonstrate civil resistance. Please scroll below to read Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Six Principles of Nonviolence.   

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Letter from Birmingham Jail Excerpts

PR for People Team
September 02, 2025

During these times of unconscionable tyranny in America, we can look to our past to find solace among the words Dr. Martin Luther King. He  wrote the excerpts below while he was imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama. His only crime had been "parading without a permit" after leading a nonviolent demonstration against segregation. Allow his words to inspire and ignite you to resist injustice and stand tall for what is right. This is the gospel truth, so help us God.

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How Protester Occupations Can Succeed

Nick J. Licata
July 30, 2020

Spontaneous urban uprisings have a soul of their own. To guide one through a decision-making process is very difficult but not impossible!

 

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Protester Arrests: 2007-17

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Anna Faktorovich
April 09, 2017

Civil disobedience has been practiced by peaceful protesters long before Henry Thoreau penned the essay with this name after a night in jail for refusing to pay the poll tax. In the US, when protester arrests are mentioned, Rosa Parks’ and Dr. Martin Luther King’s bus protest comes to mind together with an understanding of its roots in the Indian independence movement, led by Mahatma Gandhi. In the last decade, there has been a spike in...

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