The Power of Nonviolent Mass Action: Gandhi, Nashville, and Port Elizabeth

🔑 Gandhi led a nonviolent struggle against racial oppression in South Africa, inspiring underdogs globally to fight for their rights.

💡 Gandhi's nonviolent strategy for freedom in India started with challenging the British tax and monopoly on salt.

🌍 Gandhi's marches and civil disobedience aimed to build suspense, gain publicity, and remove Indian consent to foreign rule.

📢 Gandhi's nonviolent movement gained maximum exposure and support as he led the march against the British salt law in India.

🌊 Gandhi's arrest for breaking the salt law sparked a nationwide movement of civil disobedience and resistance.

🔒 Despite arrests and repression, Gandhi's nonviolent approach undermined British authority and eroded their control over major cities.

Gandhi's release and negotiations after protests.

Gandhi secures the release of political prisoners and lifting of repressive ordinances.

Gandhi's nonviolent struggle sets an example for future generations.

The sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in Nashville sparked a non-violent movement.

The students faced verbal abuse, arrests, and violence but remained peaceful.

The movement gained momentum through mass arrests, organization, and a successful boycott.

📢 Dramatizing the issue through sit-ins helps raise awareness and challenge the system of segregation.

💣 The bombing of Attorney Z Alexander Luby's home shocks the city and provides a strategic opportunity for student activists.

🏛️ Protests and direct questioning lead to the desegregation of public institutions and department stores in Nashville.

👥 The boycott emerges as an effective weapon in the fight against apartheid, leading to a state of emergency.

📣 Boycott leaders add new conditions to their demands, including opening public facilities to all races and ending discrimination.

⚖️ Negotiations with white businessmen lead to the suspension of the boycott, but major political demands are unresolved.

📰 Major corporations impose economic sanctions against South Africa.

🔒 State of emergency imposed, anti-apartheid forces driven underground.

✊ Nonviolent mass action shatters the legitimacy of apartheid.