"WORK HARD & TIRE NOT!"

 GANDHI SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR SEDITION

Ahmedabad, British India (JFK+50) On March 18 1922, Mohandas K. Gandhi*, India's non-co-operationist leader, was sentenced to "six years imprisonment without hard labor" for sedition.

"Mahatma," or 'wonder worker,' as he is called, is considered to be, according to the Associated Press, "the most influential public man in India."

Before being taken away to prison, Gandhi told his followers...

"Work hard and tire not!"

*Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948) was born in Gujarat & trained as a lawyer in London.  MKG became an anti-colonial nationalist who utilized non-violent protest to lead a successful campaign for Indian independence from Britain.

SOURCE

"Gandhi Gets Six Years In Prison For Sedition," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., March 18, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

Mahatma Gandhi

London (1931)

Photo by Elliott & Fry

"THE 2 STORY FRAME QUEEN ANNE STYLE HOME WAS PURCHASED FOR $3500"

MLK, JR. BORN IN ATLANTA

Atlanta, Georgia  (JFK+50) On January 15, 1929, Michael Luther King, Jr. was born at 501 Auburn Street here in Atlanta*.  Martin's father, Michael Sr., later changed his name to honor the German protestant religious leader, Martin Luther.  MLK, Jr.'s mother was Alberta Williams King.


The younger King graduated from Morehouse College in 1948 with a B.A. in Sociology.  Martin earned his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania in 1951.

King married Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953 and received his PhD from Boston University in 1955, the same year he led the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.
Dr. King was pastor at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery before becoming co-pastor with his father at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Martin Luther King, Jr, who became the leader of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, preached a philosophy of non-violent protest.  This philosophy was patterned after that of Mohandas Gandhi.

*The 2 story frame Queen Anne style home at 501 Auburn Street in Atlanta was purchased for $3500 in 1909 by Rev. Adam Daniel Williams & now is part of the MLK Jr. National Historical Park.

                         Jennifer White
                       MLK Birthplace
                      Atlanta, Georgia
           Photo by John White (2008)