"It does not keep the country free, it does not settle the west it does not educate the character inherent in the American people and it would have done somewhat more if the government didn 't get in its way".Henry David Thoreau once said he was a pacifist who felt oppressed because they wanted him to pay taxes and he didn 't want to be involved in government. He believed that citizens can better themselves their politics and their society. He wanted peacefulness and to make change because everyone was created equal and had the same rights. He was the kind of people to love nature he preferred to live in there he just wanted to feel free that 's why he was a hippie. "Where is love there is life", Mahatma Gandhi was another pacifist he was the leader of the Indian independence against the British rule he was assassinated January 30. He …show more content…
In other accounts, such as one prepared by an eyewitness journalist, Gandhi was carried into the Birla House, into a bedroom. There he died about 30 minutes later as one of Gandhi 's family members read verses from Hindu scriptures. "That day had come about trough the unimaginable sacrifices of thousands of my people whose suffering and courage can never be counted or repaid",Nelson Mandela once said he was a philanthropist who served as president in South Africa. He joined the African national congress a program that was for African Americans where he fought for racism then he became the president many of the whites were the ones privileged so he was an African American and he was one of the many discriminated. He then served in prison and also contributed for the human immune deficiency virus through charitable all his life he contributed to many good causes but many didn 't like him they thought he was a terrorist. He helped bring an end to apartheid and has been a global advocate for human rights he fought for African American rights. These three men made good movements for the world and their people they contributed in so many
There are many schools, streets, libraries named after him. In general, testimony from people who stood up against injustice at the time they are living are highly considered. We think of Nelson Mandela,
In 1864, King received a Nobel Peace Prize Award. He is remembered as the person who did the most for the African-American community in the United States by continuously fighting against social, racial, and political justice. 3. Alexander Crumwell – He is a scholar and an Episcopalian minister who founded the American Negro Academy.
His involvement in the woman’s suffrage movement, and 3) His involvement in the equal rights of African
Gandhi once said, “An eye-for-an-eye makes the whole world blind.” What he meant is that fighting violence with violence helped no one. During his lifetime, Gandhi fought against oppressive British rule in India, and his journey was known throughout the world. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela both shared Gandhi’s thirst for freedom, basing their respective movements for peace on Gandhi’s. All three men fought peacefully for equality, whether it was for India’s freedom from the British empire, emancipation from apartheid laws that prohibited black Africans from being truly free, or liberation from Jim Crow laws to keep black Americans inferior to whites.
"Si, se puede!" was Cesar Chavez's famous motto. Cesar Chavez was a farmer rights activist to improve farm workers rights. Mahatma Gandhi was also a rights activist when the British invaded India, in which he created a new philosophy to fight against the British without using anger. Both had so many things in common, but also contrasted in many ways.
He promoted peace by trying to obtain freedom from the British rule in India. He believed he could accomplish this without resorting to violence or war. He practiced civil resistance to accomplish his beliefs and was successful in gaining freedom for India. Rosa Parks’ stand against discrimination was another example of peaceful resistance.
Even though by the nonviolence acts that Gandhi used toward the British’s Gandhi was taken to jail for various reasons, one from disobeying authorities to urging public resistance of the British Empire. He beg responsibility and is sentenced to six years in prison but was later released in January, 1924. At the same time, during the 1963, in the united stated Martin Luther King was also taken to jail. Like Gandhi Even though King used non-violence to fix an injustice law he went to jail.
He thought that if he died that it would make national headlines and people would see how unjustly the Indian people were being treated. Gandhi was imprisoned many times, but this did not stop him and his movement towards freedom. There was a point in the movement when it started to get violent and Gandhi made sure to suspend the movement and emphasized to the Indian people the importance of nonviolence. The Indian people were very disciplined. The first reason they were disciplined is because of their leader Gandhi.
Gandhi said that, “I had just heard (that my fellow Indian protesters) had been sentenced to three months’ imprisonments with hard labor, and had been fined a heavy amount… If these men had committed a greater offense and I therefore asked the Magistrate to impose upon me the heaviest penalty… I well remembered that I… did not feel slightest hesitation in entering the prisoner’s box” (Document C). Gandhi devoted his adult life working for the rights of Indians living under British South Africa and was even imprisoned for 40 years for burning his ID passbook but never did violence to fight back and patiently spent 2338 days in
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you lived in some other place in the world? Would it be easier to live there or harder? Depending on where you live is a big part of who you are. The thing is, for some it is really easy to be you, but something as simple as what color your skin is can change how you choose to express who you really are. The good thing is there are people like Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, who were willing to fight for you.
The African Nelson Mandela and the American Martin Luther King are important and influential heroes who made the world better somehow, in terms to fight for black people rights in their country. According to (www.dictionary.com), a hero is defined as “ the man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities”. Certainly, both heroes had the courage to sacrifice for black people with extreme power to resist the racism in the past using various ways. It is clear that the two heroes met their ambitions, but Mandela made bigger change worldwide and he was inspirational leader with severe willingness to fight for justice. Nelson Mandela and Martin King lived many similar situations which led to their great effort.
NELSON MANDELA Nelson Mandela is one of the influence people in the 20th century politics. He was the first black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 and elected by fully representative democratic election. He was also a politician, an activist, fighting against HIV/AIDS in Africa, promoting global peace and South African anti apartheid revolutionary. One thing that he did for the Africans and affects the world was about to end the apartheid, a system that try to separated the races of black skin over white skin people in South Africa. Because of him right now there is no differentiate between those people again.
Gandhi was an incredible and an inspiration on lots of people all around the world including civil rights
“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” - Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela was a human rights activist for South Africa. “Live like you could die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
He was a true leader and is well known for his strong stance in the antiapartheid movement. Tutu was able to grow the world’s consciousness about apartheid during his travels and speeches and was able to convince them to help change the way South Africa was run. He believed in nonviolence in a very violent time in South Africa. Tutu was an advocate