Transnational Roots of the Civil Rights Movement: African American Explorations of the Gandhian Repertoire

How did African Americans gain the ability to apply Gandhian nonviolence during the civil rights movement? Responses generally focus on Martin Luther King’s “pilgrimage to nonviolence” or favorable social contexts and processes. This book, in contrast, highlights the role of collective learning in the Gandhian repertoire’s transnational diffusion.
Collective learning shaped the invention of the Gandhian repertoire in South Africa and India as well as its transnational diffusion to the Unite...