In the 20th century women and African American's in the United States were treated unequally; African Americans were segregated from society and women were looked down on. In 1955, Matin Luther King was the unofficial leader of the black protest movement which they advocated peaceful demonstrations. He is most famous for his "I have a dream" speech in 1963 that touched almost everyone in the country. President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Bill which allowed the government to cut off any funding to programs that practiced discrimination. Malcom X's started race riots - leader of the Black Panther Party- attempted to stop segregation. Despite the right to vote their were still differences in education and pay. The first woman elected head of state in Europe was Margaret Thatcher, following her was Indira Ghandi as being the first female president in India. This brought the world out of that state of mentality and it was the beginning of the equal women's rights. With the invention of birth control, women had the choice whether or not to have a family; this was a huge change in society and the Catholic church were extremely against this. Then women gain equal pay, which brought women to have more opportunities in jobs. Since the 1960's, African Americans and women gained many new rights in the United States. 

In 1952 the United Nations condemned the apartheid system, they tried to organized economic sanctions against S.A however many leading nations refused to participate. Then in the 1980's they declared aparthied to be a crime against humanity. The pass laws were to control the movement and employment of the blacks; they were forced to carry "reference books" of identity papers just as like the Jews were forced to wear the star of Davis. 
Nelson Mandela became the leader of the African National Congress. In 1960 the blacks formed outside a police station to protest the pass laws, in response the police opened fire and killed 67 demonstrators. After this the SA government passed a law where police could arrest without warrant. In 1964, Nelson Mandela was arrested and put to jail for life. Another Massacre occurred in 1976 that was because black students protest against being educated in Afrikaans. After this tragic Massacre  civil disobedience, strikes, boycotts and even more violent measures continued and increased. In 1978 the Prime Minister P.W. Botha made reforms, that allowed the blacks marry whom they pleased and other rights. In 1990 Mandela was released fomr prison and four years later the democratic election with all races took place. 

Gandhi was a wonderful, inspiring leader of the Indian Congress Party, who led the country of India with peaceful resistance. He believed that Hindus and Muslims should share an independent India. Before India was an independent country, Britain controlled finance, law and order in the country. He declared independence for India in 1930. He protested in many different ways; however, the most affective one was called the Salt March which was to protest the British tax on salt. He walked 240 miles to the ocean to gather salt, thousands followed him and it became a powerful movement. The Salt symbolized Indians independence, and the outcome of this march drew support all across India and the rest of the world. Gandhi's way of protesting inspired millions of people, and still do to this day. By the use of civil disobedience he led India to indep