Impact Of Gandhi On Civil Disobedience
Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because it does not cause violence. Throughout history, we have witnessed peaceful protests change our laws. From Mahatma Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr., we have seen the practice of nonviolent symbolic protests have a better outcome than wars.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India.
He is well known as the prominent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Gandhi got his start working in politics as a lawyer in South Africa. There, he supported the local Indian community’s struggle for civil rights. Gandhi carried his knowledge and passion for improving the lower classes to India.
Sooner than later, Gandhi became a leader within the Indian National Congress. This organization was a growing political party supporting independence. In the …show more content…
“The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and the sanitation workers demanded an end to discrimination, higher wages, and union recognition”. This strike officially came to an end on April 12, 1968 when the city of Memphis agreed to the workers’ demands.
Martin Luther King started a boycott against city buses that refused to let blacks sit in the front seats of the bus. This protest gained a huge following, which led to a citywide boycott of the bus systems. Soon after King and his followers were sent to jail, their boycott succeeded. The unjust, racist laws were changed and blacks were allowed to sit anywhere they pleased.
The most iconic movement Martin Luther King Jr. led was his “I Have a Dream” speech and march. In 1963, Luther and other leaders of the civil rights movement organized an enormous march down to Washington, DC. The massive crowd included over 200,000 followers. This march was peacefully protesting racial discrimination in employment, racial separatism in schools, and demanded minimum wage for all
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India.
He is well known as the prominent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Gandhi got his start working in politics as a lawyer in South Africa. There, he supported the local Indian community’s struggle for civil rights. Gandhi carried his knowledge and passion for improving the lower classes to India.
Sooner than later, Gandhi became a leader within the Indian National Congress. This organization was a growing political party supporting independence. In the …show more content…
“The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and the sanitation workers demanded an end to discrimination, higher wages, and union recognition”. This strike officially came to an end on April 12, 1968 when the city of Memphis agreed to the workers’ demands.
Martin Luther King started a boycott against city buses that refused to let blacks sit in the front seats of the bus. This protest gained a huge following, which led to a citywide boycott of the bus systems. Soon after King and his followers were sent to jail, their boycott succeeded. The unjust, racist laws were changed and blacks were allowed to sit anywhere they pleased.
The most iconic movement Martin Luther King Jr. led was his “I Have a Dream” speech and march. In 1963, Luther and other leaders of the civil rights movement organized an enormous march down to Washington, DC. The massive crowd included over 200,000 followers. This march was peacefully protesting racial discrimination in employment, racial separatism in schools, and demanded minimum wage for all