Friday, October 2, 2009

Today Is Gandhi Jayanti; Gandhi's Birthday

In an era of fake celebrity and faux auras, MC remembers one of the most important persons of the last two hundred years. MLK, Jr. was greatly influenced by the Mahatma. Can you imagine race relations unfolding in the 1960's without King's voice for nonviolence? MC is happy to admit America's debt to Gandhi.

The photo above? These were the sum total of his possessions at the time of his assassination.

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