2. Later thinkers and activists, such as Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948), and Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), called for civil disobedience,
which is a nonviolent refusal to obey unjust laws with the intention of accepting the penalty for breaking those laws. What does this civil disobedience hope to accomplish?
Rejection of all civil law.
A violent uprising of a "silent majority" in the community.
Acknowledgment of the State's legal authority.
Arousing the conscience of the whole community.