Throughout history, there have been injustices caused by discrimination and oppression. But this unjust treatment is accompanied by leaders who fight difficult battles for the rights of persecuted and oppressed people. Rosa Parks and Mohan-das Gandhi are two of the most influential advocates for equality. Parks fought for equal rights for African Americans, which was a crucial step in the battle for integration in the American South. Gandhi led thousands of people in peaceful protest against the unjust treatment of Indians by the British. Parks and Gandhi helped end discrimination by participating in boycotts and marches. Both Rosa Parks and Mohandas Gandhi helped end discrimination by participating in boycotts. Through the Montgomery bus boycott, Parks resisted Alabama laws dividing buses by race. On December 1, 1955, the boycott began to peacefully fight against racial segregation. In the morning, the buses were empty and all over Montgomery, African Americans were walking the streets. Through Parks' courageous act of civil disobedience, she became a catalyst for the success of the boycott and the abolition of harmful laws. “In November 1956, the United States Supreme Court upheld Browder v. Gayle and repealed laws requiring separate seating on public buses” (“Montgomery Bus Boycott”). After 381 days, the Supreme Court ruled that the segregation law was unconstitutional and Montgomery's buses were integrated. This was a major step in creating a world free of African American inequality. Rosa Parks showed that an ordinary woman could stand up against injustice and was the key to gaining civil rights. Comparably, Gandhi encouraged Indians to boycott British goods and buy Indian goods middle of paper......Mahatma Gandhi. and Web. March 18, 2014. “Facts About Rosa Parks.” Rosa Parks. and Web. March 18, 2014. Selin, Helaine. Encyclopedia of the history of science, technology and medicine in non-Western cultures. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic, 1997. 961. Print. “Selma to Montgomery March (1965). »Stanford. and Web. March 25, 2014. “Short essay on the boycott movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi. » Preserve items. and Web. March 17, 2014. “The Story Behind the Bus.” Bus Rosa Parks. and Web. March 19, 2014. United States. National Park Service. “The Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March: Shaking the Conscience of the Nation.” National Park Service. US Department of the Interior, nd Web. March 25, 2014. United States. National Park Service. “We Shall Overcome – March from Selma to Montgomery.” National Park Service. US Department of the Interior, nd Web. March 25. 2014.