Gandhi-King Resources

From: The Gandhi-King Community [mailto:mail@gandhiking.ning.com]

A message to all members of The Gandhi-King Community

In anticipation of the upcoming 60th anniversary of Gandhi’s assassination (January 30th) and the 50th anniversary of King’s arrival in India to begin his “Pilgrimage to the Land of Gandhi” (February 3rd), members should be aware of the following Gandhi-King resources:

*A narrative about King’s trip to India

http://gandhiking.ning.com/forum/topics/2043530:Topic:624

and an account from King himself published in Ebony magazine

http://gandhiking.ning.com/forum/topics/2043530:Topic:2703,

reprinted from the fifth volume of the Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.

*A collection of photographs of Mahatma Gandhi’s life from the GandhiServe Foundation

http://gandhiking.ning.com/photo/albums/top-100-photographs-of-mahatma

*A recording of Gandhi speech to Asian leaders in New Delhi in 1947

http://gandhiking.ning.com/notes/1947_Gandhi_Recording

*Audio and text of Gandhi’s speech on spirituality “On God” given in London in 1931

http://gandhiking.ning.com/video/mahatma-gandhi-god-is

There are several other videos on this site, including King’s “I Have a Dream” speech:

http://gandhiking.ning.com/video/i-have-a-dream

and his final speech, “I Have Been to the Mountaintop,” given the night before his assassination:

http://gandhiking.ning.com/video/the-last-speech

*For access to research about Gandhi, including audio of speeches and interviews with family, explore the following site:

http://www.gandhiserve.org/research/researchindex.html

*In addition there have been many blog posts on the topic of Gandhi:

Gandhi and the Younger Generation http://gandhiking.ning.com/profiles/blogs/gandhi-for-a-younger

Essays on Camus and Gandhi by Lou Marin http://gandhiking.ning.com/profiles/blogs/2043530:BlogPost:1721

Hope you enjoy reading, listening, learning, and reflecting as we approach these anniversaries.

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