Law
The Role of Civil Disobedience in Refining Constitutional Interpretation
Quick fact
In Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court's ruling against segregation was partly shaped by sustained civil disobedience—like bus boycotts and sit-ins—that made the constitutional question unavoidable.
Why this is interesting
You know that civil disobedience is about breaking the law. But could it be one of the reasons our laws actually change?