From the Boston Tea Party of 1773, the civil rights movement and the pro-life movement of the 1960s, to the Tea Party movement and the Occupy Wall Street movement of today, "Those who fight against unjust laws have engaged in acts of willful and open disobedience to government power to uphold higher principles of human rights and social justice" (DeForrest, 1998, p. 653) through nonviolent protests Perhaps the best known nonviolent protests are those associated with the civil rights movement. The movement was felt throughout the South, but Birmingham, Alabama, was known for its treatment. unequal toward blacks and became the center of the civil rights movement Under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, African Americans in Birmingham began daily protests and sit-ins. protest against discrimination at restaurant counters and in public establishments. These protests were organized to draw attention to injustices in the city. The protests resulted in the arrests of demonstrators, including Martin Luther King. After King was arrested in Birmingham for participating in a peaceful march to draw attention to the treatment of African Americans there, their lack of voting rights, and the extreme injustice they faced in Alabama, he wrote his now famous “Letter from Birmingham.” » In order to understand King's purpose in this letter, it is important to begin by explaining "A Call of Unity," a letter written by a group of white clergy calling for an end to the protests. The letter was published in the Birmingham Post Herald with a copy given to King. The letter made numerous claims, including that the protests were led by our......newspaper middle......Wall Street protests have spread nationally - ABC News. " ABCNews.com: Daily News, Breaking News and Video Broadcasts - ABC News. October 6, 2011. Web. November 5, 2011. .Haines, Herbert H. "Black Radicalization and the Financing of Civil Rights: 1957-1970." ^ HeinOnline. Web. November 5, 2011. King, Jr., Martin Luther “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute, April 16, 1963. Web. November 5, 2011. Marshall, Burke. “The Protest Movement and the Law.” 803. JSTORWeb November 5... 2011.