p.123, BENJAMIN ELIJAH MAYS:
SCHOOLMASTER OF THE MOVEMENT, A BIOGRAPHY, by Randal Maurice Jelks
(University of North Carolina Press: 2012)
“Mordecai Johnson gave the banquet
address on Mahatma Gandhi. “Dr. Johnson pointed out,” according
to the News, the [Howard] School of Religion's newsletter,
“that for the first time in history political power, economic
exploitation, and military domination have been challenged by the
power of the Spirit. It is the first time that 'Soul force or
non-violent coercion' has been projected into the political
area as a technique of the under-privileged for achieving social
ends.” He continued, “The modern political powers are so
accustomed to brute force as the means of gaining their objectives
that they are hardly prepared to deal with spiritual forces embodied
in the work of Mahatma Gandhi. The Indian Saint releases to the world
a new method of dealing with entrenched power, and the 'Gandhi Way'
will no doubt prove more effective and permanent than the brutal way
of military power or the domineering way of the dictator.”
