What made non violence work? Was it because the followers were never afraid to do what they believe was right. The answer is yes, but that is not the only reason non violence worked. For some people it was a long time before they say the equality the deserved but sadly, some didn’t.
Unity made the non violence work. An example of how it worked can be found in a quote by Martin Luther King, that can be found in doc. 2. addressing the lunch counter sit ins in 1963. Dr. King said “We do not seek to remove this unjust law for ourselves alone but for our white brothers as well. The festering sore of segregation debilitates the white man as well as the Negro.” This quote is an example of unity because King says that he wants to get rid of the unfair laws for all people, including white. He is basically saying that he …show more content…
A good example of this claim can be found in Doc. 4. In India, 1930, a large group of Indian people that were tired of the unfair salt taxes, protested at a salt mine. A British reporter named Webb Miller, published an article in a newspaper back in England saying “Scores of native police officers rushed upon the advancing marchers and rained blows on the heads with steel shod. Not one of the marchers even raised an arm to fend off the blows…” This shows that the followers were dedicated to the cause by giving up their own safety. A quote from an earlier document from Gandhi, basically summarizes why people protested the salt tax. “ even the salt [the peasant] must use to live on is so taxed as to make the burden fall heaviest on him… The tax shows itself more burdensome on the poor man when it is remembered that salt is the one thing that he must eat more of than the rich man…” This quote relates to document 5 because the reason why the Indians were protesting at the salt mine. This all falls back into the category of dedication to the