JANUARY 30, 1948: GANDHI ASSASSINATED

On this day in 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu extremist.

Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent movement to free India from British colonial rule inspired American civil rights activists who had immersed themselves in Ghandi’s teachings and viewed non-violence as an effective way to challenge the tyranny of the Jim Crow South.

Watch “Inspiration: A Short Film from Freedom Riders.”

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