![In 1959, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (C) is flanked by his guests, American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King (L) and wife Coretta Scott King during a one-month visit to India at the invitation of the Gandhi Peace Foundation.](https://picturingblackhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/517323686-550x550.jpg)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Global Dream
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. opposed racism, imperialism, and capitalist inequity at home and around the world.
Nico Slate is Professor in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University. His research examines struggles against racism and imperialism in the United States and India. His most recent books are The Art of Freedom: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and the Making of Modern India (HarperCollins India and The University of Pittsburgh Press, forthcoming in 2024) and Brothers: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Race (Temple University Press, 2023).
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. opposed racism, imperialism, and capitalist inequity at home and around the world.
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