Hailed by Life as one of the great preachers of our time; spiritual advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr.; the first black dean at a white university; cofounder of the first interracially pastored church
The series will collect correspondence, publications, and speeches by African American theologian Thurman (1900-81), augmenting the books and essays he intended for public consumption with poetry, fic
Thurman (1900-81) was one of the most influential intellectual and religious leaders in the US during the middle of the 20th century, leading the first delegation of African Americans to meet Mahatma
