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5 unusual facts about Howard Thurman


Howard Thurman

Boston University named the school's cultural center, in the basement of the George Sherman Union, after Howard Thurman.

He was Dean of Chapel at Howard University and Boston University for more than two decades, wrote 21 books, and in 1944 helped found a multicultural church.

Dr. Thurman was then invited to Boston University in 1958, where he became the first black dean of Marsh Chapel (1953–1965).

He served as spiritual advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Sherwood Eddy, James Farmer, A. J. Muste, and Pauli Murray.

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

Johnson has been considered one of the three leading African-American preachers of the early 20th-century, along with Vernon Johns and Howard Thurman.


Howard Thurman House

The Howard Thurman House is the historic home of Howard Thurman in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.


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