NONVIOLENCE MOVEMENT LEADERS
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), known as Mahatma (meaning ‘Great Soul’) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who fought for Indian independence from British rule (1858 to 1947) and for the rights of the Indian poor. He was murdered by a Hindu extremist after beginning a fast for Muslim rights.
His example of non-violent protest is still revered throughout the world today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcn6OmGF5Rk
Transcription:
“I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.
I know the value of discipline and truth.
I must ask you to believe me when I say that I have never made a statement of this description,
that the masses of India, if it became necessary would resort to violence.
I regard myself as incapable in my lucid moments of making a statement of this character.
It is complete independence that we want.”
Learn more about Gandhi:
https://www.bbc.com/timelines/zpdqmp3
Nelson Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a lawyer, an activist and a prisoner
before becoming the first black president of South Africa and an inspiration to generations
around the world. He fought the Apartheid. *
On 11 February 1990, Mr. Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
*Apartheid was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa
from 1948 until the early 1990s. It was based on white supremacy, which ensured that South
Africa was dominated politically, socially, and economically by the nation's minority white
population.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXLmS2CnOGw
Learn more about Nelson Mandela: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-20713377
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), known as Mahatma (meaning ‘Great Soul’) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who fought for Indian independence from British rule (1858 to 1947) and for the rights of the Indian poor. He was murdered by a Hindu extremist after beginning a fast for Muslim rights.
His example of non-violent protest is still revered throughout the world today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcn6OmGF5Rk
Transcription:
“I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.
I know the value of discipline and truth.
I must ask you to believe me when I say that I have never made a statement of this description,
that the masses of India, if it became necessary would resort to violence.
I regard myself as incapable in my lucid moments of making a statement of this character.
It is complete independence that we want.”
Learn more about Gandhi:
https://www.bbc.com/timelines/zpdqmp3
Nelson Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a lawyer, an activist and a prisoner
before becoming the first black president of South Africa and an inspiration to generations
around the world. He fought the Apartheid. *
On 11 February 1990, Mr. Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
*Apartheid was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa
from 1948 until the early 1990s. It was based on white supremacy, which ensured that South
Africa was dominated politically, socially, and economically by the nation's minority white
population.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXLmS2CnOGw
Learn more about Nelson Mandela: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-20713377
Martin Luther King
Jr. (January
15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Christian minister and activist who
became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement
from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He is best known for advancing civil
rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, inspired by his Christian
beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
0’ – 2’07”
Learn more about Martin Luther King
Jr.: https://www.bbc.com/timelines/z86tn39
VOCABULARY
civil disobedience, symbolic protests,
nonviolent resistance, independence
movement,
march for freedom,
fasting
for your rights / hunger strikes,
mass strikes,
student demonstrations,
empowerment of the ordinary people,
race, gender or creed,
riots are destructive and self-defeating, surveys,
segregation, discrimination,
Questions to work in groups:
- What is nonviolent resistance?
- Apply principles of nonviolence to
an issue affecting our lives or community.
- It took all of us working together
to complete this activity. How does that relate to successful nonviolent
resistance?
Which of these accents can you understand better?
Are you able to distinguish the differences among these accents?
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