All this month, on college campuses and in homes across the world, people are celebrating the birthday and life of BR Ambedkar, who was born in India 128 years ago. Ambedkar led one of the greatest civil rights movements in human history, working to establish basic rights for hundreds of millions of people known as Dalits. Dalits are the lowest rung of Hindu caste society, once known as untouchables. In a coda to our Pulitzer Center-sponsored series “Caste in America,” WGBH correspondent Arun Rath looks at how Ambedkar is inspiring a new generation of American dalits.
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