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How Howard Thurman met Gandhi and brought nonviolence to the civil rights movement

  • Written by Walter E. Fluker, Professor of Ethical Leadership, Boston University
Howard Thurman's image on Howard University chapel's stained glass window.Fourandsixty from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Director Martin Doblmeier’s new documentary, “Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story,” is scheduled for release on public television in February. Thurman played an important role in the civil rights...

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