Compare and Contrast Martin Luther King Jr. and Ghandi

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Shelly Rasnitsyn History H 2B Mrs. D’Alessandro 7 May 2013 Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Both Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. are known for their nonviolent means of protest and what they did to help their people, whether it was the African-Americans in the United States of America or the Indians in India. They both fought for the independence or equality of their people, without violence and got the outcome they wanted. The discrimination against their people is what fueled their drive to rebel. Sadly, both died of assassination by people who did not agree with them. Nonviolence usually makes the other party skeptical on whether they should use force and punish people that aren’t really doing anything wrong. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi used boycotting to get the attention of either America or England. Before hearing of Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. believed very heavily in Christianity and wasn’t sure how to approach his conflict. Unlike Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi thought that all religions were no a part of the discrimination going on, only the ruling of countries. Martin Luther King Jr. boycotted the bus system, since Rosa Parks was arrested on a Montgomery bus when she didn’t give up her seat. The NAACP, who elected him president or the Montgomery Improvement Association, got over twenty thousand African-Americans to boycott the busses that year. Gandhi encouraged Indians to boycott British goods, especially the British clothing, and buy Indian goods instead. This helped to rejuvenate local economies in India and it also hit the British by wrecking their economy in the country, from the lack of extra money from the Indians. Both men used the philosophy of “love-your-enemies” for their nonviolent campaigns. Gandhi fought for the discrimination against the Indian people by the English and Martin Luther King Jr. fought for the discrimination
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