... 's permission, Dr. King led a successful march from Selma to Montgomery. President Johnson gave a rousing speech to congress concerning civil rights as a result of Bloody Sunday, and passed the Voting Rights Act within that same year. Gandhi created a policy of non-violent protest. "Nonviolence is a weapon for the brave."" (www.spectacle.org) He believed that the way people behave is more important ... rise when being beaten, filling the streets in their squatting meditation position. At this point Gandhi made the change. He changed his name to Mahatma, a Sanskrit word meaning great soul...

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