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In January my family moved from the St. Nicholas projects in Harlem to a tenement apartment in
Brooklyn. I also left behind lifelong friends and my Doo-Wop singing group. I was 15 years old.
In Brooklyn was a haven for gangs. Gangs with names like the Dekalb Chaplains, Junior Sinners,
Phantom Lords and too many others to name. I began the second half of my senior year at the Mark
Hopkins junior high school. One day while walking home a female student began talking to me and
welcoming me to Mark Hopkins. She said goodbye and left. A few minutes later I was approached by
a gang member to tell me “You almost died”! “The girl you were talking to is their gang leader’s
girlfriend”. I said I didn’t know that and he told me to watch myself”! I knew I was in gang land
territory. I was assigned to Mr. Pasinkoff”s class. Mr. Pasinkoff’ was also in charge of directing the
school’s theatrical product
Mahatma Gandhi was a prominent Indian political leader who was a leading figure in the campaign for Indian independence. He employed non-violent principles and peaceful disobedience as a means to achieve his goal. He was assassinated in , shortly after achieving his life goal of Indian independence. In India, he is known as &#;Father of the Nation&#;.
&#;When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it–always.&#;
– Gandhi
Short Biography of Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in , in Porbandar, India. Mohandas was from the social cast of tradesmen. His mother was illiterate, but her common sense and religious devotion had a lasting impact on Gandhi&#;s character. As a youngster, Mohandas was a good student, but the shy young boy displayed no signs of leadership. On the death of his father, Mohandas travelled to England to gain a degree in law. He became involved with the Vegetarian Society and was once asked to translate the Hindu Bhagavad Gita. This classic of Hindu literature awakened in Gan
Mahatma Gandhi
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Who Was Mahatma Gandhi?
Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of India’s non-violent independence movement against British rule and in South Africa who advocated for the civil rights of Indians. Born in Porbandar, India, Gandhi studied law and organized boycotts against British institutions in peaceful forms of civil disobedience. He was killed by a fanatic in
Gandhi leading the Salt March in protest against the government monopoly on salt production.
Early Life and Education
Indian nationalist leader Gandhi (born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) was born on October 2, , in Porbandar, Kathiawar, India, which was then part of the British Empire.
Gandhi’s father, Karamchand Gandhi, served as a chief minister in Porbandar and other states in western India. His mother, Putlibai, was a deeply religious woman who fasted regularly.
Young Gandhi was a shy, unremarkable student who was so timid that he slept with the lights on even as a teenager. In the ensuing years, the teenager rebelled by smoking, eating meat and stealing change from household servants.
Although Gandhi was interested in becoming a doctor, his father hoped he would also become a government mini
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Urban Stages presents this year's award-winning series, WINTER RHYTHMS , which begins tonight, December 12, featuring some of New York's best musical performances through Saturday, December 23, at Urban Stages Theatre ( West 30th Street, just East of 8th Avenue).
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