Who followed mlk jr.'s lead and adopted the tactics of non-violent protest in the southwest?

Cesar Chavez was the person who followed Martin Luther King Jr's lead by using nonviolent protest in the Southwest.

Cesar Chavez was not fighting for rights for African-Americans. Instead, he was using nonviolence as a means to help immigrant farm workers and Mexican-American citizens in general. He helped in supporting nonviolent forms of protest like the Delano Grape Strike during the early 1960's.