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Fight For Our Rights Essay

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Over the years people have fought for their rights in many different ways. The most effective and best ways to fight and ensure our rights are peacefully protesting and negotiating. These are effective because they bring about change without bringing about injuries or deaths of either party. They are effective and have been proven to be over the years. Because of this these tactics are still used in our society today to bring about change for the things we believe.
We stand up for what we believe in, our rights are human beings and United States citizens. Ever since before America had even been founded, we demand and fight for our rights. It started with the Declaration of Independence demanding our new countries rights and freedom from the oppressions of the British, “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,”. Our founding fathers took it into their own hands to fight for their rights and declare independence from England. Again later in history, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X just a couple of the big names who lead African Americans in a fight for their equal rights and justice. People …show more content…

Negotiating allows for civilized discussion and compromise. It can lead to many good things for both parties and sides of an issue. In another of his letters from jail Martin Luther King states, “I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth.” Growth comes when you put pressure and tension on our government leaders, and the hope is that that will end in negotiation and compromise. This is still used today, for example the LGBT community having been fighting for their rights and against discrimination for many years now. They use peaceful protests often to put tension on the government officials to promote growth and

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