An international travelling exhibit focusing on three world leaders with a profound dedication to human rights and world peace will make a stop at the Huntsville High School library for three days in early November.

The exhibit, entitled Gandhi, King, Ikeda: A Legacy of Building Peace, will be open to area residents on Wednesday, Nov. 4 and Thursday, Nov. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. and to students during school hours for three days through Friday, Nov. 6.

Featuring colourful photographs, inspiring quotes, and information, the exhibition focuses on the lives of Indian Hindu Mohandas K. Gandhi, American Christian Martin Luther King, Jr. and Japanese Buddhist Daisaku Ikeda, men from three different cultures whose lives provide examples of ways to achieve world peace in the 20th and 21st centuries.

The exhibit is sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College, King’s alma mater in Atlanta, Georgia. It was conceptualized by Dr. Lawrence E. Carter Sr., dean of the chapel, and appears in Huntsville with his express permission.

“Huntsville High School is honored to host this inspiring exhibit, and we are fortunate that our students will be exposed to the lives and work of these three outstanding individuals,” said principal Jan Olsson.

“It is our goal to reflect the challenging issues of the day by providing positive examples or role models to what can often appear to be insurmountable societal problems.  

“By coming to know the lives of Gandhi, King and Ikeda, students and individuals can learn that every human being is of value to the order and harmony of the world, be it in our small town, our province, our nation, or beyond.”

The exhibit will also be on display at the National Character Education Conference being held at Deerhurst Resort Nov. 2 and 3, 2009.