The Thoreau was very influential early American writer. He was about the reflections of the time he lived in, and the spirit of the country. Thoreau wrote his essay on "Civil Disobedience" in hopes others would accept his beliefs and

Martin Luther King, Jr. had a mission in life, and that was to spread the gospel of Christ, and brotherhood of men, and his message was justice of all men. The civil rights issue of segregation was prevalent in1963, and the United States was ready for a change, but not welling to make the change for the black people. Martin Luther King protested by having marches and sit-ins. He was placed in jail for his demonstrations along with other black and white people that agreed with the movement of segregation. Merchants were not willing to stop their practices of placing signs in their establishments of business stating "We reserve the right to refuse service to all men"; and it was time to make a stand for civil rights in America. This statement was primarily directed at the black people, and they could not go into a restaurant and expect to be served. Alabama was the hot spot in the nation against civil rights, and Martin Luther King made a large statement of equality with his demonstration for civil rights. He used the laws of the Constitution to back up his fight. His letter from the Birmingham jail is quite profound on segregation and the indignities still imposed on the black people in the south after 350 years of fighting for their rights. His stand taken was to try to stop this practice of segregation between black and white. Mr. King prepared his people for peaceful demonstrations, and told them what they may have to endure with regard to the pre-justice of white people and the law enforcement. They would probably receive severe punishments inflected upon them by these people that didn't want them to demonstrate or change the system in the south of segregation.

Women were considered chattel of their husband, and had no civil rights under the laws during that time of independence. The black people of African-American decent were separated from their families, abused for many years, and many would be sold away from their families in the United States. Sometimes men find it much harder to live the "words of equality", but can write the "words of freedom" easier than obeying them.

The poll tax was posed on the people to support the war against Mexico. Was this tax a just law imposed on the people? This tax was unnecessary, and the only purpose was to go to war with Mexico. Did the United States really need this war,

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