james+reflection+on+defiance

Throughout American history, individuals and groups have stood up to defy injustice and exclusion. Few groups have gone down without a struggle. The Native Americans fought tooth and nail against the encroachments and hatred of white settlers. Slaves gathered up their strength to rise up against their masters and run away. Even some whites who have had a comfortable place in American society have had the conscience to protest the wrong doing that their government and other powerful people have commited here.