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Gandhi influenced important leaders and political movements. Leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States, including Martin Luther King Jr., James Lawson, and James Bevel, drew from the writings of Gandhi in the development of their own theories about nonviolence

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Kavita Mital

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Gandhi influenced important leaders and political movements. Leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States, including Martin Luther King Jr., James Lawson, and James Bevel, drew from the writings of Gandhi in the development of their own theories about nonviolence

Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his assassination in 1968.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
Cesar Chavez - Wikipedia
Cesar Chavez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers union, UFW) in 1962.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Chavez
14th Dalai Lama - Wikipedia
The 14th Dalai Lama, religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso; born Lhamo Thondup, (6 July 1935) is the current Dalai Lama.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama
John Lennon - Wikipedia
John Winston Ono Lennon MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon
Mirabehn - Wikipedia
Madeleine Slade (22 November 1892 – 20 July 1982), also known as Mirabehn or Meera Behn, was a British woman who left her home in Britain to live and work with Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of the Indian Independence Movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabehn
Lanza del Vasto - Wikipedia
Lanza del Vasto (born Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Maria Enrico Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte; (29 September 1901 – 6 January 1981) was a philosopher, poet, artist, Catholic and nonviolent activist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanza_del_Vasto
Aung San Suu Kyi - Wikipedia
Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1991)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi
Steve Biko - Wikipedia
Bantu Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Biko
James Lawson (activist) - Wikipedia
James Morris Lawson, Jr. (born September 22, 1928) is an American activist and university professor. He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lawson_(activist)
James Bevel - Wikipedia
James Luther Bevel (October 19, 1936 – December 19, 2008) was a minister and leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bevel
Nelson Mandela - Wikipedia
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela
Bacha Khan - Wikipedia
Abdul Ghaffār Khān (6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), nicknamed Fakhr-e-Afghān, lit. "pride of Afghans"), Bādshāh Khān, or Bāchā Khān, "king of chiefs"), was a Pashtun independence activist who worked to end the rule of the British Raj.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacha_Khan

The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
King in 1964

1st President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
In office January 10, 1957 – April 4, 1968
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ralph Abernathy

Personal details
Born	Michael King Jr. (1929-01-15)January 15, 1929 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died	April 4, 1968(1968-04-04) (aged 39) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Manner of death	Assassination by gunshot
Resting place	Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
Spouse	Coretta Scott ( m. 1953)
Children	Yolanda Martin III Dexter Bernice
Parents	Martin Luther King Sr. Alberta Williams King
Relatives	Christine King Farris (sister) A. D. King (brother) Alveda King (niece)
Education	Morehouse College (BA) Crozer Theological Seminary (BDiv) Boston University (PhD)
Occupation	Baptist minister and activist
Monuments	Full list
Movement	Civil rights peace anti-war

Awards	Nobel Peace Prize (1964) Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous, 1977) Congressional Gold Medal (posthumous, 2004)
Signature
Martin Luther King Jr.'s voice King giving a press conference at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Recorded August 1964

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his assassination in 1968.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
Cesar Chavez - Wikipedia
Cesar Chavez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers union, UFW) in 1962.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesar_Chavez
14th Dalai Lama - Wikipedia
The 14th Dalai Lama, religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso; born Lhamo Thondup, (6 July 1935) is the current Dalai Lama.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama
John Lennon - Wikipedia
John Winston Ono Lennon MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon
Mirabehn - Wikipedia
Madeleine Slade (22 November 1892 – 20 July 1982), also known as Mirabehn or Meera Behn, was a British woman who left her home in Britain to live and work with Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of the Indian Independence Movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabehn
Lanza del Vasto - Wikipedia
Lanza del Vasto (born Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Maria Enrico Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte; (29 September 1901 – 6 January 1981) was a philosopher, poet, artist, Catholic and nonviolent activist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanza_del_Vasto
Aung San Suu Kyi - Wikipedia
Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1991)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi
Steve Biko - Wikipedia
Bantu Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Biko
James Lawson (activist) - Wikipedia
James Morris Lawson, Jr. (born September 22, 1928) is an American activist and university professor. He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lawson_(activist)
James Bevel - Wikipedia
James Luther Bevel (October 19, 1936 – December 19, 2008) was a minister and leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bevel
Nelson Mandela - Wikipedia
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela
Bacha Khan - Wikipedia
Abdul Ghaffār Khān (6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), nicknamed Fakhr-e-Afghān, lit. "pride of Afghans"), Bādshāh Khān, or Bāchā Khān, "king of chiefs"), was a Pashtun independence activist who worked to end the rule of the British Raj.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacha_Khan

The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
King in 1964

1st President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
In office January 10, 1957 – April 4, 1968
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ralph Abernathy

Personal details
Born	Michael King Jr. (1929-01-15)January 15, 1929 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died	April 4, 1968(1968-04-04) (aged 39) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Manner of death	Assassination by gunshot
Resting place	Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
Spouse	Coretta Scott ( m. 1953)
Children	Yolanda Martin III Dexter Bernice
Parents	Martin Luther King Sr. Alberta Williams King
Relatives	Christine King Farris (sister) A. D. King (brother) Alveda King (niece)
Education	Morehouse College (BA) Crozer Theological Seminary (BDiv) Boston University (PhD)
Occupation	Baptist minister and activist
Monuments	Full list
Movement	Civil rights peace anti-war

Awards	Nobel Peace Prize (1964) Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous, 1977) Congressional Gold Medal (posthumous, 2004)
Signature
Martin Luther King Jr.'s voice King giving a press conference at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Recorded August 1964

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Followers and Influence

Gandhi influenced important leaders and political movements. Leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States, including Martin Luther King Jr., James Lawson, and James Bevel, drew from the writings of Gandhi in the development of their own theories about nonviolence

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