1. Hears Mordecai Johnson on Gandhi

    · First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

    Hears Mordecai Johnson on Gandhi
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    King attended Mordecai Johnson's Philadelphia lecture on Gandhi, an important influence on his adoption of nonviolent social action. The exact date and venue are supplied by the linked Wikipedia chronology; the Stanford quotation independently confirms King's attendance in Philadelphia in 1950.

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