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Quotation by Gandhi
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world bilnd."
"It has always been a mystery to me, how men can feel themselves
honored by the humilation of their fellow beings."
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

"If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy. we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause."
 

Gandhi Exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum
Mohandas K. Gandhi
(October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948)
People Called Him "MAHATMA" (Great Soul)

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Using nonviolence as a means for change, Mahatma Gandhi led thepeople of India to independence from British rule in 1947. Today, he is recognized as one of the greatest spirutual and political leaders of the twentieth century,

Gandhi was born in Gujarat, India. After receiving his law degree in England, he served as a legal advisor in South Aftica. Here he experienced racial segregation and widespread denial of civil and political rights as a nonwhite. One winter night, traveling on a train from Durban to Pretoria, he was forcibly evicted from the first-class compartment because of the color of his skin. His life changed.

For 20 years, Gandhi stayed in South Africa to organize and lead a movement of nonviolent passive resistance and civil disobedience.

At the age of 45, he returned to India to campaign against the unjust laws that denied the Indians their political and civil rights and for India's independence. He organized protest narches and other tools of nonviolent passive resistance. The British government tried to suppress these compaigns numerous times by imprisoning Gandhi and his followers. Gandhi could have retaliated with force, but he chose the path of nonviolence. India gained its independence from the British on August 15, 1947.

 
In modern history, Gandhi was the first person to use non-violence and passive resistance as tools to bring about social and political changes in a society. Inspired by his example, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. also successfully used non-violence and civil disobedience as the means in his campaign to end the racial segregation and to gain African Americans their civil and political rights. Both men epitomize the triumph of the human spirit when peace is chosen as the guiding light.
Using non-violence as a means for change, Mahatma Gandhi led the people of India to independence from British rule in 1947. Today, he is recognized as one of the greatest spiritual & political leaders of the 20th century.

Gandhi was born in Gujarat, India. After receiving his law degree in England, he served as a legal advisor in South Africa. Here he experienced racial segregation and widespread denial of civil and political rights as a non-white.

One winter night, traveling on a train from Durban to Pretoria, he was forcibly evicted from the first-class compartment because of the color of his skin. His life changed. In his autobiography Gandhi wrote, " I began to think of my duty. Should I fight for my rights or go back to India?" Gandhi stayed for 22 years and organized and led a movement of non-violent passive resistance and civil disobedience which forced the South African government to make concessions that improved the lives of colored people. This was just the beginning.

At the age of 45 he returned to India only to notice that the British had unjust laws that denied the Indians their political and civil rights. Gandhi campaigned for India’s independence through protest marches, again using non-violent passive resistance and civil disobedience.

The British government tried to suppress these campaigns numerous times by jailing Gandhi and his followers. Gandhi could have retaliated with force, but he chose the path of non-violence. India gained it’s independence from the British on August15, 1947.

In modern history Gandhi is recognized as the first person to use non-violence as the tool to bring about social and political changes in society. Inspired by Gandhi’s example, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. successfully employed non-violent civil disobedience in his campaign to end racial segregation in Montgomery, Alabama for the first time. This paved the way to equal civil and political rights that we enjoy today in our society. Both men epitomize the triumph of the human spirit when non-violence is chosen as the guiding light.
January 30, 1948, on his way to lead his evening prayer meeting, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
 
 
Quotations About Gandhi
 

"Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such one as this even in flesh and blood walked upon this earth"
- Albert Einstein

 

"Jesus Christ gave the motivation and Gandhi showed the method.... Gandhi was inevitable .... if humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought, acted and inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore him at out own risk."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Mahatma Gandhi was perhaps the preeminent gospel of the nonviolent movement.... King was a student of the nonviolent movement."
-Dr. Benjamin Hooks
 
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