Civil disobedience research

Your goal is to describe a specific act of civil disobedience (past or present), to analyze if it was necessary, and to decide whether it was just, unjust, or somewhere in between. You will then use persuasion and research techniques to convince your audience of your opinion. Few human acts can be said to be completely just or unjust, so you will need to consider the complicating circumstances, the various groups of people involved, and the counterarguments. Your thesis should focus on the level of necessity and the justifiability of your chosen protest.

From the provided list, you will select a moment of civil disobedience that occurred in the 20th or 21st centuries. Select something that you feel confident about researching. Some of these are very broad and occurred over a long period of time, and some are very polarized. You will need to be as specific as possible, potentially choosing smaller movements within the whole.

this was my pick for what I want to research : UC Berkeley protests against Milo Yiannopoulos (2017)

Length: 6+ pages in Standard MLA 8 format

A thesis statement that expresses your main point located at the end of the 1st or 2nd paragraph.

5+ reliable sources, one of which must be scholarly from the MCC Library Databases

At least 1 quote per source (5 quotes total, though a good paper will use as many as needed)

An ethical, logical, well-researched argument. Be detailed, focused, descriptive, and provide appropriate context for your reader

Adherence to Standard English grammar practices. Essays with large non-deliberate errors and careless mistakes will not be graded until they have been sufficiently proofread. Reading your work out loud can be very helpful. Contact the Writing Center if you are struggling.

A Works Cited Page (not included in page count)