kim 102) His non-violent attitude is what tood a stand in history.Martin Luther King Jr., after studying under the teachings of Mohandes K. Gandhi, learned about campaigns of passive, nonviolent resistance called passive resistance. (de Kay 26,27) An example of this was that Gandhi too was living under the same cruel and unfair laws. The way they fought these laws was that they broke them; when the police threw them in jail, they didnt fight back. Sooner or later, jail cells would fill up and when there was no room left, they would have to change the laws. Through dedication and hard work, King forund out he could accomplish the same thing as Gandhi without hurting or killing anyone.Later in 1955, King udes the same methods as Gandhi. He started a boycott of the segregated city buses because of a lady named Rosa Parks; this was his first actions toward equality. Parks didnt want to leave her seat so they arrested her and threw her in jail. Every black heard of this and was furious. Soon, the word boycott spread really fast. The only problem was that it would only work if no one rode on the buses. The other problem was how would everyone find out about the boycott. Late that night King stayed up to make fliers and give it away in parts of the city where black people lived. Even though they couldnt reach everybody, luckily a newspaper editor heard about the boycott and wrote an article about it on the front page of the newspaper. Later, he was elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association where he got involved in speeches and rallies to fight the Jim Crow laws. (de Kay 12) The Jim Crow laws were special laws created by whites so blacks could not receive the same rights. Even though King was treated violently, he responded in peace, no matter what happened to him. He said, if you have weapones, take them home. We must meet our white brothers hate with love. (de Kay 48)After black Americans had beaten the J...
