The research prompt that I have chosen to pursue would be the first prompt given to us that includes considering works or people who have challenged or are currently challenging political authority. In this paper I have chosen to include information pertaining to Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, Voltaire’s Candide, Martin Luther’s On Christian Liberty, and Galileo’s “Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina” as my primary sources. As for secondary sources I have chosen to include information pertaining to Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, Quebec Miners, and a Detroit Councilman, Kwame Kenyatta.

                In my essay I plan to explain and define what political authority is and how each Paine, Voltaire, Luther, and Galileo have challenged it. Also, I hope to achieve and incorporate how Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Gandhi, Quebec Miners and Kwame Kenyatta did or are currently challenging political authority today. With each of them have their own political views each one has their own interpretation of how things should be done and continue to be done.  With each one the point they were interpreting will be displayed and what they want will be listed. Along with that how they wanted to change or what they were changing will be included.

                To end the paper I will include all of the important parts of every argument or challenge against the political authority and what the result was of each one. I will also bring out the concepts of Communism and Socialism and how each one appealed itself to the general public, how they were dealt with and the result that came from them. I hope to accomplish all of these points, but this is not all if I find any more challenges against political authority they will be included.