I found out in my one of my other sources that Martin Luther King Jr. took his ideals from his strong Christian background, and his operational ways from Gandhi. That cued me in on finding more about Gandhi and his ideas in order to understand how MLK operated.
Dr. King was heavily influenced by Dr. Johnson, a famous educator, while he attended Crozer Theological Seminary. Dr. Johnson, having recently returned from India, was full of admiration for Gandhi. Gandhi was the subject of an address he made, which Dr. King attended his senior year. Dr. Johnson stressed Gandhi's demonstration of the redemptive power of love as an instrument of nonviolent social reform. King then pursued Gandhi's writings about ahimsa and satyagraha.
King then used what he learned and spoke of love as the answer to overcome social inequality issues. For example, when King's home was bombed in 1956, he urged the crowd to not resist police because violence must be met with nonviolence. He calmed the angry crowd down, and it was evident that the words of Gandhi were now embedded into his mind, and his life.
Power, Paul F. The Meanings of Gandhi. First ed. The UP of Hawaii, 1971. 158-163
Dr. King was heavily influenced by Dr. Johnson, a famous educator, while he attended Crozer Theological Seminary. Dr. Johnson, having recently returned from India, was full of admiration for Gandhi. Gandhi was the subject of an address he made, which Dr. King attended his senior year. Dr. Johnson stressed Gandhi's demonstration of the redemptive power of love as an instrument of nonviolent social reform. King then pursued Gandhi's writings about ahimsa and satyagraha.
King then used what he learned and spoke of love as the answer to overcome social inequality issues. For example, when King's home was bombed in 1956, he urged the crowd to not resist police because violence must be met with nonviolence. He calmed the angry crowd down, and it was evident that the words of Gandhi were now embedded into his mind, and his life.
Power, Paul F. The Meanings of Gandhi. First ed. The UP of Hawaii, 1971. 158-163
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This sounds like a lot of information that you could have used for our paper due today. It's a good idea to put information about Gandhi in your paper since he had influenced Martin Luther King. I'm also glad to hear that your research is going well for you. It sounds like you're off to a great start.
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