Jason Xidias

In Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau looks at old issues in new ways, asking: is there ever a time when individuals should actively oppose their government and its justice system? After a thorough review of the evidence, Thoreau comes to the conclusion that opposition is legitimate whenever government actions or institutions are unacceptable to an individual’s conscience. What is particularly...

Reconstruction in America is the name given to the period that, beginning shortly before the end of the American Civil War and running until 1877, saw the frustration of the federal government's attempts to integrate the newly freed slaves into the American political and economic system. It ended in frustration, disillusionment, and also violence, with individual southern states denying rights...