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Why Was Mohandas Gandhi Important To The US

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Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian Peace leader who fought for “independence for [his] country” (Mitchell). He lived from 1869 to 1947 when he was assassinated. he went to England to go to school to become a lawyer. He went back to India after school but there was no work so the moved to South Africa where the lived for 20 years. In South Africa, “he bought a first class train ticket and had to sit in a normal seat but refused to change seats so the got tossed off the train.”(mitchell) Mohandas gandhi was important to the U.S is because Mohandas gandhi was an inspiration to Martin Luther King Jr. because he got inspired from what he did which was being a peace leader in india, and standing up for colored. MLK admired him, and when he helped people
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