well, Mohandas gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr were very alike. (they could of been related) both belived in non violent protest, both got aresstes because they fought not to have any more un just laws.
Ahimsa inspired Martin Luther King Jr. Ahimsa means nonviolence. Mohandas Gandhi was a nonviolent protester in India long ago. He practiced ahimsa while doing so. Ahimsa and Mohandas Gandhi had inspired Martin Luther Ling JR.
Gandhi's philosophy greatly influenced Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the African-American community in general. In 1959, Dr. King preached about the significance of Gandhi's 1928 salt march and his quest to end discrimination for India's "untouchables." Dr. King felt that Gandhi's nonviolent approach would lead to the end of racial discrimination in America.
Nonviolent resistance (apex)
How did civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. develop a nonviolent strategy?
King based his program of nonviolent on Christian teachings
Ahimsa inspired Martin Luther King Jr. Ahimsa means nonviolence. Mohandas Gandhi was a nonviolent protester in India long ago. He practiced ahimsa while doing so. Ahimsa and Mohandas Gandhi had inspired Martin Luther Ling JR.
Mahatma Gandhi. It was Gandhi's way of getting the British to return home rule in India.
In 1959, Martin Luther King went to India to study the history of nonviolent resistance there.
No! he was a protester about racism!
he was a protester and a christian baptist.
Martin Luther King was not a militant. He was a peaceful protester.
Mahatma-Gandhi; a non-violence leader in India
Gandhi's philosophy greatly influenced Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the African-American community in general. In 1959, Dr. King preached about the significance of Gandhi's 1928 salt march and his quest to end discrimination for India's "untouchables." Dr. King felt that Gandhi's nonviolent approach would lead to the end of racial discrimination in America.
Nonviolent resistance (apex)
How did civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. develop a nonviolent strategy?
Martin Luther King, Jr. was influenced by Gandhi's believe in nonviolence.King studied both Gandhi and his teachings. Gandhi inspired him with a new way of looking at things.King learned that power and social change can come from love and truth.Gandhi's search for truth influenced King. Gandhi believed he could find truth through tolerance and concern for others.Gandhi believed you have to have courage to be truly nonviolent. When King went to India in 1959, he said it influenced him because he go to meet Gandhi's son other relatives.King loved the fact that he did not witness anger while he was in India.After King talked to some of Gandhi's followers, he was was convinced that nonviolence was the strongest way to help people to freedom.
Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence and civil disobedience greatly influenced Dr. King's approach to social change. Additionally, Dr. King was inspired by the teachings of Christian thinkers such as Henry David Thoreau and Reinhold Niebuhr.