Mozumdar in a promotional image for his 1923 film "Beyond the Veil."
This file appears in: A.K. Mozumdar and the Problem of Whiteness: A Spokane immigrant and an historic court case
This file appears in: A.K. Mozumdar and the Problem of Whiteness: A Spokane immigrant and an historic court case
A.K. Mozumdar and the Problem of Whiteness: A Spokane immigrant and an historic court case
The crowds who came to see Akhay Kumar Mozumdar at this church in 1916 considered him a holy man, possibly even a miracle worker. But was he white? Few today know the story of Mozumdar, or how this…