... the United States."" (www.web.il.gatech.edu) It was the views of Gandhi that influenced Martin Luther King Jr. Gandhi insisted nonviolence was about qualitative change in attitudes, in relationship building and sustaining; in learning to deal with anger in a positive manner rather than abusing anger; and creating ... outside of Selma. The marches that occurred at Selma brought national attention to the situation. The hundreds of clergymen who came to Selma returned home and informed their congregations of the brutality and dedication that went on there. Many wondered why congress was doi...

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