When Martin Luther King’s Mentors Met with Gandhi

The story of Gandhi’s disciples touring Black universities and building ties between Black Americans and the people of India; of the connection between Gandhi and the famed Black American scientist George Washington Carver; and of the journey’s made by Howard Thurman and Benjamin Mays – later teachers of Martin Luther King – to meet with Gandhi. Explores the global dimensions of White supremacy and offers a rich portrayal of Gandhi’s fusion of spirituality and politics and of why his teachings resonated so powerfully with Black Americans.