Dr. Martin Luther King was a Baptist minister, an activist, a prominent leader in the civil rights movement and a leader of people. He believed in equal rights for all people and was willing to face any hardship in order to move the movement along.He was interested in finding out more about the methods of Mahatma Gandhi and non-violence and Dr. King went to India in 1959 and visited the birthplace of the leader who had made his mark and changed the course of India. Dr. King was profoundly affected by the visit and it deepened his understanding of non-violent resistance. He came back to the United States and preached the doctrine to his followers and to anyone who would listen. That visit to India and his study of Gandhi changed his way of doing things from that point on.
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