Martin Luther King

Definition - Civil Disobedience:

Is the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power without resorting to physical violence

Martin Luther King did civil disobedience with marches down streets blocking traffic and black rights did this by rampaging and looting store fronts and rioting down town streets in LA.

Persons Case

from 1927-1929 five Albertan women fought under the leadership of Emily Murphy, went up against the BNA act ( British North America act) at the start the BNA act did not have Women as persons so they could not go for members of Parliament. Emily Murphy and her group of followers went and fought the law and won making women under the BNA act as persons.

Emily Murphy (1868-1933) was national president of the Canadian Women's Press Club, 1913-1920. Vice-president of the National Council of Women and first president for the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada

The other 4 Women that were on the case were:

Henrietta Muir Edwards 1849-1931 - Journalist.

Louise McKinney 1868-1931 - politician and temperance campaigner.

Irene Parlby 1868-1965 - suffragette and politician.

Nellie L. McClung 1873-1951 - novelist, journalist, suffragette and temperance worker.

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Chinese Head Tax Redress

On Tuesday October 10/06 Prime Minister Steven Harper was at a dinner that was hosted by the Chinese Immigration group. This dinner was over the Chinese head tax that was put up back in 1885 to 1923. This tax made every Chinese immigrant to Canada pay $50 and later $500. Today though Steven Harper gave a formal apology to every one it has effected in the house of commons. all 400 Chinese immigrants that had to pay this tax $20,000. I believe this is the right thing to do and i agree with what Steven Harper has done. I think that $20,000 is a little bit to much and we probably should be giving out a little bit less but none the less i do agree with what is being done about it.