Martin Luther King, Jr. brought Mohandas K. Gandhi’s philosophy to the movement of civil rights. Gandhi’s philosophy is about non-violence to achieve greatness. This was developed when Gandhi was a leader in India and they were fighting to gain their independence from Great Britain, but teaching the people to remain peaceful even if they provoke in violent actions. In result of Gandhi’s philosophy, they go their independence. Since then, leaflets was teaching African Americans to “Be loving enough to turn and enemy into a friend..” Meaning if they were being attacked in any way, they do not react but do defend themselves. Due to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s work, it has granted him a Nobel Peace Prize and made his birthday a federal holiday, the
