Which Indian civil rights leader inspired King to use civil disobedience to protest for civil rights law?

• A. Mohandas Ghandi
• B. Martin Luther King Jr.
• C. Nelson Mandela
• D. Mohandas Gandhi

Answer: (D)

Nonviolent civil disobedience is the tactic being highlighted: challenging unjust laws through peaceful disobedience to reveal injustice and build broad support for change. Mohandas Gandhi, the Indian leader who steered India’s independence movement with peaceful protests and civil disobedience (satyagraha), demonstrated how disciplined nonviolence could compel a powerful state to transform unjust laws. Martin Luther King Jr. embraced and adapted Gandhi’s approach for the American civil rights movement, using actions like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, sit-ins, and marches to push for civil rights legislation while maintaining nonviolence. Because Gandhi provided the blueprint for this method, he is the Indian leader who inspired King to pursue change through civil disobedience.