Gandhi Meets the US Civil Rights Movement (1936)
This Day in Esoteric Political History
Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia
4.6 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
It’s February 14th. This day in 1936, a delegation of US civil rights activists is touring India, where they would meet with Mahatma Gandhi to discuss non-violent resistance.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the visit and what the two resistance movement had to learn from each other.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from Radiotopia. |
| 0:07.0 | My name is Jody Avergut. |
| 0:10.0 | This day, 1936, an incredible cross-cultural story of civil rights activism. |
| 0:16.0 | I absolutely love this story which was flagged for us by a listener. |
| 0:19.0 | This day in 1936, a four-member delegation of American civil rights activists are on a trip to India, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, |
| 0:26.5 | I'm using the modern names there for those two countries, to meet with activists, including in India |
| 0:31.6 | Mahatma Gandhi, who at the time was leading a nonviolent struggle of independence in India from British rule. |
| 0:38.0 | Gandhi would end up talking a lot about the growing civil rights movement in the United States. |
| 0:42.0 | The two movements |
| 0:42.8 | certainly shared a DNA particularly around the idea of nonviolent resistance. |
| 0:47.8 | So let's talk about Gandhi's role in the American Civil Rights Movement and vice versa. |
| 0:52.1 | This is also a chance to talk about someone |
| 0:54.0 | I don't think who we've mentioned on the show before, but Howard Washington Thurman, |
| 0:56.9 | very fascinating character. So here is always Nicole Hemmer of Vanderbilt and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley. Hello |
| 1:04.3 | Jody. Hey there. And Kelly I said in your intro I should have also tagged on |
| 1:10.2 | something that we want to flag for listeners. You're taking part in a big |
| 1:12.8 | documentary that's coming out. If you're listening to this on the 14th, it's the 15th, but |
| 1:17.2 | you want to plug? You want to plug away? You've got a Netflix account or a friend who does? |
| 1:22.0 | I am going to be in a four-part series called |
| 1:25.4 | African Queens which is executive produced by Jeda Pickett Smith and this |
| 1:30.0 | four episode block features the life and the rule and the reign of Queen |
| 1:35.6 | and Jinga. She was the ruler of Angola. It was probably one of the most powerful |
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