This book tells the story of how Gandhi used the principles of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa and to end British rule in India. Like the series biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi's story focuses on his peaceful heroism in the struggle for civil rights and social change.

Describes the events leading up to the assassination of Mohandas Ghandi, a preeminent champion of nonviolent civil disobedience, and details the political and social legacy he left behind.

This compelling biography traces the evolution of Mohandas K. Gandhi as he forged the philosophy of Satyagraha from Indian words for "truth" and "firmness" amid the brutal racism of South Africa and helped lead the struggle for Indian independence. But Satyagraha was a bigger concept even than the Indian subcontinent and the mighty British Empire. Readers will learn about the Mahatma Great soul in peasant s garb often in his own words, as well as...

This book follows Mohandas Gandhi's development of his nonviolent protest theories from his days as a young lawyer in South Africa to his later leadership in India. In a defining civil rights gesture Gandhi defied Great Britain's salt monopoly in India when he led a march to a beach and picked up a handful of salt.

A biography of the Indian political and spiritual leader who furthered a strategy of nonviolent civil disobedience to coerce Britain into granting independence to India in 1947.

A biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian political and spiritual leader who led his country to freedom from British rule through his policy of nonviolent resistance.

"The story of Mohandas Gandhi is as topical, vital, and necessary a teaching opportunity today as it was when it was an integral part of current events and not a story in history. This volume, dedicated to passing on the story of Gandhi's words, work, and life to young readers, provides educators with an essential tool to teach social justice, human rights, and how to stand up for your convictions through age-appropriate language and explanation of...

Traces India's struggle to gain independence, highlighting the life and leadership of Mohandas Gandhi whose tactics of nonviolent protest have become a goal of resistance movements worldwide.