Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King

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This paper gives a brief history of the lives of Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King and then notes the differences and similarities in how they conducted their nonviolent resistance movements.

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"King became one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957 and also became its President. SCLC was an organization of black churches and ministers that opposed racial segregation. The SCLC supported the NAACP's legal efforts to put an end to segregation through the courts with nonviolent direct action to protest racial discrimination. These activities included marches, demonstrations, and boycotts. The direct action provoked violent responses from whites community that forced the federal government to address the issues of racial injustice and racial discrimination in the South."

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