The connection i am using is that each activist went through the thing that they are fighting for.Such as Molly Burke.Molly Burke is 19 and wants to abolish bullying.Molly Burke has a rare eye disease that reduces depth. And because of this she started to get bullied.She then put herself in a position where she would be an activist.She than fought for bullying.Another activist Malala yousafzai, she is a muslim who is fighting for women's rights and Education for all in pakistan and the rest of the world.It all started when the Taliban a group of Muslims that choose to live under strict rules and what all Muslims to follow in their ways.Malala’s school was shut down and she started to speak up and protest.The taliban didn’t like this that malala …show more content…
She succeeded in escaping to NEW YORK where she met some other escaped slaves.But around this time,plantation owners suggested to congress and a law was passed to make it even more difficult to escape the U.S. Now Other states were forced to stop any escaping slaves.Now she was determined to save her entire family and settle in Canada.AND SHE DID. she led her entire family away to canada never leaving a person …show more content…
Born in Porbandar, India, Gandhi studied law and organized boycotts against British institutions in peaceful forms of civil protest. He was killed in 1948.Even after Gandhi’s assassination, his commitment to nonviolence and his belief in simple living,making his own clothes, eating a vegetarian diet and using fasts for self-purification as well as a means of protest have been a beacon of hope for oppressed people throughout the world. Gandhi’s actions inspired future human rights movements around the
“It’s not a moment. It’s a movement” (Burke). Tarana Burke, now forty-four, lived most of her life in the Bronx, but spent the last twenty-five years as an activist and organizer often working with youth. Burke was able to use her experience with many young sexual assault survivors, finding the ability to communicate with them and share her own history, eventually inspiring her to realize the potential of the simple phrase: “Me Too.” Burke recognized the issue of sexual assault in every gender, ethnicity, and location around the world- and she was able to bring change to those affected.
Gandhi was a human rights activist who enacted change by peacefully protesting racial discrimination. In the article Satyagraha: Gandhi’s Legacy it says, “Gandhi developed his philosophy of ‘Satyagraha’, or resistance through non-violent civil disobedience to defend his rights and the rights of all Indians and non-whites.” Gandhi was so devoted to gaining and defending rights for his people, he dedicated his life to protesting peacefully for their rights. The article also says that although Gandhi had many goals including: protesting unfair taxes and oppressive discrimination, alleviating poverty, helping in the women’s liberation movement, and ending discrimination between social classes in India, his main goal was to help the Indian people
Mahatma Gandhi, a highly influential man, was one of the world’s most well-known fighters for equal rights. Gandhi saw and experienced discrimination, for instance, “At the time Gandhi was there, South Africa was not a friendly place for non-whites. . . . Gandhi believed that this was wrong” (Satyagraha: Gandhi’s Legacy). Gandhi’s interest in human rights was born when he moved to South America and saw the way non-whites were treated. “Satyagraha: Gandhi’s Legacy” states, “Practices of Satyagraha included boycotts, protest marches, and fasts.” Gandhi stood up proud for what he believed in, and because of this he was able to fight for his beliefs. Gandhi did many generous, righteous actions in his lifetime, but the real impact happened after he died, including stimulating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela (“Satyagraha: Gandhi's Legacy”). Gandhi inspired others to speak up and change the world forever.
After she escaped she she went back for her family. Her family first arrived in the U.S when her Grandmother Modesty came in on a slave boat
Before leading the salt march in India and becoming one of the most well known Indian civil rights activists, Gandhi studied law in London and left for twenty years to pursue being a lawyer in South Africa. While there, Gandhi experienced racism because Indians were looked down upon in South Africa. Once becoming involved in the law, he began to involve himself in helping to reduce racial injustices and became the largest advocate in South Africa for Indian rights. Gandhi’s experiences in South Africa prepared him for and allowed him to become the political influence he was for his people when he returned to India.
Mahatma Gandhi (the great-souled one) is renowned all over the world for his nonviolent philosophy of passive resistance. Gandhi was praised by the London Times as ‘‘the most influential figure India has produced for generations’’ in the “Mr. Gandhi” article they published in 1948. Gandhi has most notably affected, civil rights movements in three regions of the world; South Africa, America and India.
Gandhi, a peaceful protester in the early twentieth century, was protesting the unethical governing of India by the British, similar to the natives of the Congo who were controlled by the Belgians; the singular difference being Gandhi was educated enough to revolt, unlike the Congolese. Gandhi also put the needs of others before his own, congeneric to Paul Farmer. His eventual assassination mirrors Kurtz’s death, not in the manner of how it happened, but rather what they died for. Both died for their passion; Kurtz’s being wealth and power and Gandhi’s being peace and equality. These two books aided the realization of why Gandhi did what he did- passion. The passion needed to fast for twenty-one days, own less than ten things, endure level headed when aggressively attacked, and to go to jail a multitude of times for nonviolent protests must be immense. The actions of Farmer and Kurtz exhibit that passion will drive a person to perform seemingly irrational things; whether it is becoming the god of native savages or pouring millions of dollars into a war-torn, disease-ridden country passion is the driving
Difficult days still lay ahead. Gandhi and his supporters would launch more protests in the 1930s and 40s and endure even more stints behind bars, and Indian independence would have to wait until 1947—only months before Gandhi was shot dead by a militant Hindu. But while the immediate political results of the Salt March were relatively minor, Gandhi’s satyagraha had nevertheless succeeded in his goal of “shaking the foundations of the British Empire.” The trek to the sea had galvanized Indian resistance to the Raj, and its international coverage had introduced the world to Gandhi and his followers’ astonishing commitment to nonviolence. Among others, Martin Luther King Jr. would later cite the Salt March as a crucial influence on his own philosophy
Niloufer Bhagwat’s “The Political Relevance and Global Impact of Mahatma Gandhi” conveys her stance on Gandhi’s influence on how different groups of people combated forms of oppression. Bhagwat says “wherever the political, economic, social, and ecological future of humanity and… earth is debated and discussed, Gandhiji with his simple precepts provides a guidance for all generations” (Bhagwat 33). I believe that her argument successfully convinces the reader that the principles Gandhi followed and the strategies he used, non-violent civil disobedience and non-cooperation, not Gandhi himself, left a lasting impact on the world.
Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian activist who led peaceful protests such as the salt march and fasting. When Great
Gandhi stated “ I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try new experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could do…. Those who believe in the simple truths I have laid down can propagate them only by living them”(Mohandas Gandhi 1). Gandhi was born in October 2, 1869 and died on January 30, 1948. Gandhi grow up in India and attended school, where he was a poor student. He married a young girl named Kasturbai at age thirteen. After that he went to college, failed every subject, and left college. Later his uncle encouraged him to go to England and study law (Mohandas 1). Mahatma Gandhi gave independence to India through nonviolence, peace, and unity.
He trained in law at the Inner Temple in London and then in South Africa, as an expatriate lawyer, he first employed nonviolent civil disobedience. In 1915, he organized farmers,peasants and urban laborers to protest against discrimination and excessive land-tax. In 1921, Gandhi led campaigns by assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress, for ending untouchability,easing poverty,building religious and ethnic amity, and expanding women’s rights. Unlike Mao who used violence, to get what he wanted for China, Mahatma Gandhi promoted non violence as a way to get what he wanted for his country India. He led civil disobedience. For instance in “ How Gandhi Changed The World” by Heather Whipps, it is stated that “Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, kicked off in the early 1920s, called for Indians to boycott British goods and traditions and become self-reliant. He protested in 1930, “when Gandhi led thousands of Indians on a 250-mile march to a coastal town to produce salt, on which the British had a monopoly.” He was arrested several times for his action and he had to struggle a lot because of Britain's imperialism to help India gain independence. However, at the end, all of his struggle payed off because he helped India create the foundation for Independence.Gandhi's non-violence movement was a success because it was disciplined, organized and peaceful. He was willing to go to jail due to his Civil Disobedience and he treated his opponents with friendliness and
Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi was born during the British rule in India on October 2, 1869. Gandhi in the year of 1888 was sent to England to pursue law, where he developed interest in the philosophy of nonviolence as expressed in the holy Bhagawad Gita, a scared text of Hindu scriptures. However after passing the bar, he found little accomplishment in his attempt to practice law in India, which is when he accepted a position in South Africa, where he assisted on a lawsuit. (Mohandas Gandhi, 2015)
Aroused by the massacre of Amritsar in 1919, Gandhi devoted his life to gaining India’s independence from Great Britain. As the dominant figure used his persuasive philosophy of non-violent confrontation, he inspired political activists with many persuasions throughout the world (Andrews 23). Not only was Mahatma Gandhi a great peacemaker, but also his work to achieve freedom and equality for all people was greatly acknowledged. Gandhi’s unconventional style of leadership gained him the love of a country and eventually enabled him to lead the independence movement in India.
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being". The book The Essential Gandhi expresses Gandhi’s views on issues like untouchability, religion, nationality, his movements like civil-disobedience are deeply shown in this book. Readers can learn about Gandhi’s childhood, his early married life, his realization and transition in South Africa, and his ways of approach towards attaining Independence in India. The book did a fantastic job in showing the Gandhi’s principles like non-violence with exemplary contexts.