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Why did Martin Luther King, Jr., study the teachings of Mohandas Gandhi?

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One of the reasons why Martin Luther King, Jr., studied the teachings of Mohandas Gandhi was because Gandhi was a proponent of non-violent protests--something that King greatly wanted to emulate in the US.
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