Non Violent Civil Disobedience as a Means of Protest
Non violent civil disobedience
Non violent civil disobedience is the most powerful way to avoid violence while fighting for some major goal. Back in 1957's Congress made a decision to apply the constitutional rights of equality to the black population of USA. At that time the US had a lot of segregation and racism. Black and white population of USA were separated. The relationship between the two races was combative. One of aspects of difference was the education that children were receiving in black schools. It was much worse than in the white schools . So, after Congress passed the verdict that allowed black children to study in white schools, a couple of black children transferred to a white district school in Arkansas Little Rock.
The story of Ernst green as African American took place in Central High School ,Little Rock Arkansas in 1957. Ernst Green and a couple more black children transferred from their school to Central High School . The white population in the face of most of white parents and children who were studying in this High School. Some teachers and school officials who worked in the school. General white public and finally government of the state . Were not willing to let these black children study with white children. The situation took almost combative form when the governor ordered the state troops to block the high school and not let black children enter the school. This process was accompanied with demonstrations around the school. As the governor was not willing to follow the orders of national government the President of the USA ordered the national troops to go to Little Rock to maintain order. Only after the "invasion" of national troops were black children let into the school and were being guarded. There were all kinds of unpleasant behaviors performed by the teachers and students. Who were trying to get rid of these black children. They were butting glass on the bathroom floor so black children were getting cut etc. Eventually order was maintained without anybody being seriously injured. If the federal government hadn't sent troops the situation would have escalated and flown into a war between the white and black populations of the country and God knows how many people would have been injured in this war.
There are a lot of examples of applying nonviolent civil disobedience in human history. For example : Mahatma Gandy used...