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- 51: Muammad Ali Jinnah
- ... With the passage of time, he realized that the Hindu majority had other means meaning only a separate state for the Hindus and not the Muslims. Jinnah broke with the Congress in 1920 over Mohandas Gandhi's policy of non-cooperation with the British. Still committed to settling Hindu-Muslim differences, he articulated his 14-point compromise proposal (1929) and attended three round-table conferences (1930-32) in London. Frustrated in ... Muhammad Ali Jinnah about this dream and Muhammad couldnt resist. It soon became his dream and with constant struggle, the dream of many Muslims. In the general elections of 1937 the Congress, led by Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, won a majority in 7 of 11 provinces and refused to form coalition governments with the Muslim League as Jinnah had proposed. This proved to be the final Hindu-Muslim break. When ...
- 52: Martin Luther King, Jr.
- ... the ministry, as his father had urged. King spent the next three years at Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa. And he received a bachelor of divinity in 1951. King first became aquatinted with Mohandas Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence as well as with the thought of contemporary Protestant theologians. He found himself increasingly dissatisfied with society. King was elected president of the student body and was graduated with highest academic ... and India, and conferred with heads of state. In February 1959 he and his party were warmly received by India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. As a result of a brief discussion with followers of Gandhi, King became more convinced than ever that nonviolent resistance was the best weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom. In 1960 he moved to his native city of Atlanta, where he became ...
- 53: Martin Luther King's Life
- ... Crozer Theological Seminary as class president in 1951, he then did postgraduate work at Boston University. King's studies at Crozer and Boston led him to explore the works of the Indian nationalist Mohandas K. Gandhi, whose ideas became the core of his own philosophy of nonviolent protest. While in Boston, he met Coretta Scott of Marion, Alabama. They were married in June 1953, and the following year an appointment as ... a vote. Martin Luther King's non violence approach was instilled in him from a very young age. One of the most important people that played a vital role in establishing non- violence, was Mahatma Gandhi. His philosophy was spiritual strength of political and military beliefs. Martin Luther King that this was the path in which he would take to reach the world. Many people questioned the non-violent approach because ...
- 54: Martin Luther King Jr
- ... his education, King was exposed to influences that related Christians theology to the struggles of oppressed peoples. At Morehouse, Crozer, and Boston University, he studied the teachings on the nonviolent protests of Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi. King also read and heard the sermons of white ministers who protested against American racism. All of these things were especially important in shaping Kings theological development. While in Boston, King met Coretta Scott ... presently. His nonviolent and peaceful ways to gain unity and racial equality are tactics used from the everyday working-class citizen, to some of the most highly recognized officials all around the world just as Gandhis use of peaceful and nonviolent protest had a great impact on the way Dr. King did things to gain justice and equality.
- 55: Martin Luther King Junior
- ... Theological Seminary as class president in 1951, he then did postgraduate work at Boston University. Kings studies at Crozer and Boston led him to explore the works of the Indian nationalist Mohand as K. Gandhi, whose ideas became the core of his own philosophy of nonviolent protest. While in Boston, he met Coretta Scott of Marion, Ala. They were married in June 1953, and the following year King accepted an ... to become one of the key players in the civil rights movement. A Broadening of Concerns On a visit to India in 1959 King was able to work out more clearly his understanding of Satyagraha, Gandhis principle of nonviolent persuasion, which he had determined to use as his main instrument of social protest. The next year he gave up his pastorate in Montgomery to become co-pastor (with his father ...
- 56: Martin Luther King: Civil Rights Patriot
- ... his fathers footsteps, so he himself was ordained as a minister. After his graduation from the Crozer Theological Seminary, when he began postgraduate work at Boston University, he studied the works of Indian nationalist Mohandas Gandhi, from whom he derived his own philosophy of nonviolent protest. He moved to Alabama to become pastor for a Baptist church. Just after he received his Ph.D. in 1955, King was asked to lead ... later that year when the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public transportation. This was his first victory and alone made Dr. King a highly respected leader. When he went to India in 1959, he studied Gandhi's principle of "Satyagraha" or nonviolent persuasion, which he planned to use for his social protests. In the following year he decided to move back to Atlanta to become copastor with his father. In 1963 ...
- 57: Martin Luther King
- ... any way, he would have died because the tip of the knife was touching the aorta of his heart. King's will and courage to fight for civil rights was affected by the achievements of Gandhi's philosophy. On February 10, 1959, he toured India and admired Gandhi for his achievements in breaking down the caste system, which was a system in which the hierarchy of social classes dominated the country. His influence onto black students was incredible. They felt the courage to ...
- 58: Martin Luther King
- ... any way, he would have died because the tip of the knife was touching the aorta of his heart. King's will and courage to fight for civil rights was affected by the achievements of Gandhi's philosophy. On February 10, 1959, he toured India and admired Gandhi for his achievements in breaking down the caste system, which was a system in which the hierarchy of social classes dominated the country. His influence onto black students was incredible. They felt the courage to ...
- 59: Violence is an Appropriate Response to Racism
- ... left cheek too." What this means is, if someone hurts once, do not respond in a violent manner, turn the other cheek and let them do it again. It shows that Jesus was against violence. Gandhi said something similar: 'An eye for an eye and we shall all be blind'. Gandi meant that so mang people hurt other people that they would end up seriously hurt. Put this teaching into practise ... is born equal. I have come to the conclusion that this statement is wrong, due to its negative approach. Violence does not solve anything, and even though racism is wrong, violence is just as wrong. Gandhi and Martin Luther King are people in the past who have acheived alot to cancel out racism without turning to violence. Although it took them longer to acheive it, in the end less people were ...
- 60: Moral Force Protesting
- ... greatly. Nevertheless, his fight was hard and long, and in more ways than none, incredibly successful, therefore very much worth it. Hunger strikes such as the ones used by the people under the leadership of Gandhi in India, could prove to be extremely effective if done right. Gandhi was fighting for the independence of India, he wanted freedom from the English, and was prepared to do everything he could within the limits of moral force protest. By refusing to stand for violence, some ...
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