Civil disobedience is the refusal of the citizen(s) of obeying laws, rules, and regulations set by the government. Civil disobedience is also known as a peaceful protest carried out by the masses against the wishes of the government; where every sector or most sector of the government is closed for a group of people to speak out against some things, seen as ills in the society.
The young people who lived in Birmingham defined threats of arrest in 1963 to bring to death, the looming issues of segregation in their society. The aim was to ensure that discriminations are not found in Birmingham, a city infamous for its inequitable practices in employment and public life. Over 4000 African American schoolchildren came together and planned to abandon their classes an hour before mid-day on May 2, 1963, which sparked off huge demonstrations and riots that left everyone in shock. The children prevailed in most cases when the police tried to stop them from going further with the actions.
