
Albert Luthuli, MLK and global human rights
Albert Luthuli was ANC President when South Africa’s biggest liberation movement turned to armed struggle. He’s been the subject of much conjecture. What did he actually think about political violence?
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Robert Trent Vinson is Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at William & Mary and author two books The Americans Are Coming! Dreams of African-American Liberation in Segregationist South Africa (2012) and Albert Luthuli (2018).
Albert Luthuli was ANC President when South Africa’s biggest liberation movement turned to armed struggle. He’s been the subject of much conjecture. What did he actually think about political violence?