Susan B. Anthony, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Henry David Thoreau: here’s to you!
Susan B. Anthony
She was arrested and fined for voting.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
He was arrested and jailed numerous times for asserting his rights as an American citizen.
Henry David Thoreau
He was arrested for not paying a tax to support an immoral war with Mexico, a war of aggression and annexation.
He wrote a rather famous essay on civil disobedience in which he explained why there is a moral obligation to oppose an unjust law.
