Martin Luther King had a rather large impact on how we live today. If it was not for him, we could possibly be living in the segregated conditions of 1950s and 60s, before King gave his life changing speech, in which white people had priority over African-Americans. White and black Americans were segregated to an astonishing level; water fountains, schools, seats on buses, restaurants, and sports were all provided separately. King had been fighting for equality ever since he saw how bad Blacks were treated in the 1950s and throughout that era, King delivered many speeches. He also led many boycotts and movements. The Montgomery bus boycott was led in 1955-1956. In 1961, King joined the Albany Movement. He only planned to lead them for the
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Similar to King, he used peaceful but wide-reaching tactics to get his point across. Gandhi was appalled by the discrimination he experienced as an Indian immigrant in South Africa. While he was on a train voyage, Gandhi was thrown out of first class railway compartment due to the fact that he refused to give up his seat for a European passenger. That train voyage served as Gandhi's turning point, and he began developing and teaching truth and firmness, otherwise known as "satyagraha" as a way of non-cooperation with the Government. In 1906, the Transvaal Government passed an ordinance regarding the registration of its Indian population. Gandhi then led a campaign of civil disobedience that lasted for the next eight years, until 1913. During this time, hundreds of Indians living in South America were imprisoned under his lead; thousands of striking Indian miners were also imprisoned, flogged and shot. However, under pressure from the British and Indian governments, the government of South Africa accepted a compromise negotiated by Gandhi and General Jan Christian Smuts. This included vital concessions like the recognition of Indian marriages and the abolition of the existing poll tax for Indians. All of this was also done with no violence on Gandhi's part
Similar to King, he used peaceful but wide-reaching tactics to get his point across. Gandhi was appalled by the discrimination he experienced as an Indian immigrant in South Africa. While he was on a train voyage, Gandhi was thrown out of first class railway compartment due to the fact that he refused to give up his seat for a European passenger. That train voyage served as Gandhi's turning point, and he began developing and teaching truth and firmness, otherwise known as "satyagraha" as a way of non-cooperation with the Government. In 1906, the Transvaal Government passed an ordinance regarding the registration of its Indian population. Gandhi then led a campaign of civil disobedience that lasted for the next eight years, until 1913. During this time, hundreds of Indians living in South America were imprisoned under his lead; thousands of striking Indian miners were also imprisoned, flogged and shot. However, under pressure from the British and Indian governments, the government of South Africa accepted a compromise negotiated by Gandhi and General Jan Christian Smuts. This included vital concessions like the recognition of Indian marriages and the abolition of the existing poll tax for Indians. All of this was also done with no violence on Gandhi's part