Dr. Anthony Monteiro’s India Visit: Reconnecting Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and W. E. B. Du Bois in the Struggle for Justice
Dr. Anthony Monteiro’s India Visit: Reconnecting Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and W. E. B. Du Bois in the Struggle for Justice By Ram Mohan Rai General Secretary, Gandhi Global Family Dr. Anthony Monteiro’s ongoing visit to India is much more than a journey across historical places and cultural institutions. It is an intellectual and historical journey that seeks to reconnect the universal message of Mahatma Gandhi with the African-American struggle for racial justice, the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., and the profound scholarship of W. E. B. Du Bois. At its heart lies a continuing question: how can the ideals of freedom, equality, non-violence and human dignity be translated into meaningful social change in a world still marked by exploitation, inequality and conflict? Dr. Monteiro, a distinguished African-American Gandhian, scholar, public intellectual and peace activist, has devoted much of his intellectual life to examining the connections between Afri...
