King, And Mandela As A Social Activist

Social Activism During their time three people are known by the name of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Nelson Mandela; social activist's leaders of their time all had many things they wanted to accomplish. They were all about equal rights and being very calm and peaceful. They all had similar ways of ideas of protesting during their time. Although, they came at different times; they had the same things in mind. These three leaders followed the same path of principles, goals, and methods to complete their protest. When it came down to principles Gandhi, King, and Mandela seemed to have been in the same boat. The principle of equal treatment under the law was one of the major principles discussed with theses social protest leaders. According to Gandhi "on the political field, the struggle on the behalf of the people most consists of opposing error in the shape of unjust laws" (Pg. 67). Gandhi and his people were not treated well; instead of being treated equally they were given …show more content…
Freedom is something that that is naturally granted to us,” we must concede our opponents the freedom we claim for ourselves and for which we are fighting” (Gandhi pg. 74). Gandhi is trying to say that in order to fight that they must give in to the enemy in order to fight for freedom. Dr. King is considered a free man, but he said,” I am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular hometown” (King par. 4). Dr. King may be a free man, but no one is exactly free everyone is still treated unequal and he is here to help free his people from segregation. According to Mandela,” they marched in singing freedom songs, to the accompanying cheers of friends and family” (pg. 129). Mandela was of fighting for freedom was singing and gathering family and friends to help out in the protest to be heard. The social protest leaders were all wanting freedom from the government although they all had different reasons for