Nonviolent Protests: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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In the world that we live in today, we are surrounded by a lifelong generational pattern of social activists and community leaders coming together to construct a harmonious society to uphold compassion, peace, and equality amongst all. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. represents the West as one of those courageous leaders who defended racial segregation to fight for racial equality in the South with powerful, nonviolent protests. His voice rang loud and clear as he declared the foremost speech that still carved a remembrance of hope in our hearts to this day. In the Eastern hemisphere, Mohantes Gandhi adopted the Jain philosophy of nonviolence (ahisa) to fight for the independence of his beloved country, India. Many leaders in history have participated