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Lessons in Liberty

  • February 28, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s commitment to peaceful protest was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, the man who led India’s struggle for independence from Britain. After visiting India in 1959, King returned home with an even stronger dedication to the civil-rights movement.

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