Since Socrates' era, many acts of civil disobedience have occurred and, many people say, propelled society forwards in its development of the definition of justice. ... Although it had violated the draft law, the Declaration of Conscience was necessary to those who opposed the war. ... The Declaration urged men to disobey the draft in order to force an end to the war. ... Through peaceful action against the war, the signers of the Declaration of Conscience demonstrated civil disobedience. ... Knowing the outcome of the Vietnam War makes it easy to argue that the Declaration of Conscie...

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Even after the Civil War ended, they were still required to fight for educational, social, and political equality. The post-war era brought aberration from the way of life that many had become accustomed to. ... The end of the Civil War, which brought about these Amendments, was the legal end to slavery in the United States, but it would be a long and difficult battle before those rights became a social custom in America. ...

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My aim is to further an understanding of this controversial era by juxtaposing different approaches of several important political and artistic protagonists concerning the role of violence. ... I think this was a crucial point of the conflict, and had to be understood as a declaration of war by the political establishment. ...

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As a result of this opposition, King sought to widen his appeal beyond his own race, speaking out publicly against the Vietnam War and working to form a coalition of poor Americans – black and white alike – to address such issues as poverty and unemployment (Pepper, Williams 1968). ... King has remained the most widely known African-American leader of his era, and the most public face of the civil rights movement, along with its ...

• Word Count: 1675
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