Gandhi's influences among civil rights activists?

Question

How did civil rights protesters or other activists in the United States in the 1960s used methods similar to those of Mohandas Gandhi?

Answer 1

HIs philosophy of "non-violent intervention" was interpreted by protesters at the University of California at Berkeley in the 60s as "go limp" or fall down when confronted by police. They were protesting an attempted takeover by Communist-leaning professors who were trying to subvert the surfer morality and replace it with the orgiastic mentality of the hippies.

Answer 2

Non-violence movements were adopted by civil rights activists in clamoring for freedom against the government.