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Alexa Mason on 05 Sep 13This article provides the reader with five examples of civil disobedience. I think most people think about Rosa Parks and Gandhi when they think about civil disobedience but there's a long history, that continues today, of people practicing this method. It's important to recognize how powerful it can be. Gandhi's "Salt March" and industrial workers' sit-ins are two examples shared in this article. Civil disobedience is deeply woven into many cultures, not just our own. Civil disobedience can be expressed by the sheer presence of someone in a place that they don't belong, which we saw with Ms. Parks, which was also the case with the students who sat at the lunch counter and demanded to be served.