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Howard Thurman (born 1900 in Daytona Beach, Florida - April 10 , 1981 in Daytona Beach, Florida ) was an author, philosopher, theologian, educator and Civil Rights leader. In 1923 , Howard Thurman graduated from Morehouse College as Valedictorian . After he was ordained a Baptist minister in 1925 , he became the first black dean at Boston University and then the first dean of Rankin Chapel at Howard University in the District Of Columbia . In the latter position, he traveled broadly, heading Christian missions and meeting with world figures like Mahatma Gandhi . When Thurman asked Gandhi what message he should take back to America , Gandhi said he regretted not having made Nonviolence more visible worldwide and suggested some American black men would succeed where he had failed. Thurman was the author of 20 books of ethical and cultural criticism. The most famous of his works, '' Jesus And The Disinherited '' ( 1949 ), deeply influenced Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders of the modern Civil Rights Movement . In 1944 Thurman left his prestigious tenured position at Howard to help the Fellowship Of Reconciliation establish the first racially integrated, intercultural church in the United States , the Church For The Fellowship Of All Peoples in San Francisco, California . '' Ebony Magazine '' called Thurman one of the 50 most important figures in African American history, and '' Life '' rated him among the 12 best preachers in the nation. ]] REFERENCE |
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