There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathless and beautiful. ~ Howard Thurman -- November 18th (1899): Liberal minister, educator, theologian, author and human rights leader Howard Thurman was born in Daytona Beach, Florida. His first pastorate, in Oberlin, Ohio, was followed by a joint appointment as professor of religion and director of religious life at Morehouse and Spelman colleges in Atlanta, Georgia. Thurman spent the spring semester of 1929 studying at Haverford College with Rufus Jones, a Quaker mystic and leader of the pacifist, interracial Fellowship of Reconciliation. Here he began his journey towards a philosophy that stressed an activism rooted in faith, guided by spirit, and maintained in peace. His missionary work also took him abroad where he had met and conferred with Mahatma Gandhi in 1935-36. Of Thurmans influence upon civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurman, a classmate of Kings father, had mentored the young King and his friends when he was a student at Boston University, and King often visited Thurman, who was the dean of Marsh Chapel. Walter Fluker, who has studied Thurmans writings, has stated, I dont believe youd get a Martin Luther King, Jr. without a Howard Thurman. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Thurman
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