| Minister, philosopher, and civil rights activist, whose writting influenced Martin Luther King, Jr., Howard Thurman has beed called "one of the greatest spiritual resources of this nation." Thurman's encounters with Gandhi in India instilled his commitment to nonviolence. His embrace of wisdom from other religious traditions emboldened interfaith cooperation and understanding. Alice Walker once wrote, "In those long midnight hours when morning seemed weeks, if not years, away, the words of Howard Thurman have kept watch with me." |
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