thought, and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore him at our own risk.'" (Haskins 54)
             Ghandi was a leader in India that had been in a situation similar to King's. The lower class of India lived in poverty and hunger, while the upper class Indians and British led a separate life. It was impossible for any of the lower class Indian's to move up in society, and Ghandi saw this as unfair. He began to see that India needed to gain its independence from Britain in order for all the horrors of the lower class to stop. "Ghandi saw that India was nothing more than a British colony and it was slowly dying under such bondage." (Haskins 32)
             It was not Ghandi's situation that inspired King as much as it was the way he handled things. Ghandi performed strikes, boycotts, and fasts against the British Government in order to gain India's independence, and he did it all in a nonviolent way. King would use Ghandi's nonviolent tactics in much of his involvement with the civil rights movement. "He [MLK] called for nonviolence, not only because of his dedication to the teachings of Christ, but also because it was the only practical way of changing the condition of the Negro." (Coretta Scott King 153) King believed that the way Ghandi handled the situation in India was the only way that African Americans would truly achieve freedom in the United States. King's strong beliefs in Christ also influenced him to use nonviolent tactics duri
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