The Daily Free Press10d
BU, Bostonians celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day event themed around overcoming darkness
The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, in partnership with the City of Boston, honored the legacy of Boston University ...
‘Darkness at Midnight:’ Boston University, City of Boston commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Ten days after what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s 96 birthday, around 250 people gathered at Boston University ...
Columbus Dispatch18d
No man can do it alone. 3 men behind MLK's nonviolent fight for justice | Opinion
Of that which has been written about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ... appreciation for who Dr. King was and how he came to be the leader we celebrate today. Thurman, 30 years King’s senior ...
Lawrence Journal-World17d
At annual breakfast, professor and playwright reflects on the near-death experience and conversation that changed Martin Luther King Jr.’s life
Even an activist as legendary as Martin Luther ... mental illness, left King “a sneeze away from death,” as he put it. And in the hospital, fellow activist Howard Thurman had an important ...
The Chronicle18d
Stranger danger? A lesson from Howard Thurman on King Day
The Rev. Howard Thurman, an ordained Baptist minister ... He advised civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., James Farmer and Pauli Murray. He served as a dean of university chapels ...
Tennessean22d
Honor legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.'s by being bold and facing fear with love | Opinion
Author and theologian Howard Thurman once said ... this call to authenticity feels urgent. I imagine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sitting with us, asking if we still hear the sound of the ...
AZ Central18d
Is the NBA turning MLK Day into a cash grab?
But today, a massive Black-white wealth gap remains and Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy ... World Series on a television at (minister Howard) Thurman’s house. Thurman spoke often of his ...
Afro20d
MLK’s ‘beloved community’ has inspired social justice work for decades − what did he mean?
(THE CONVERSATION) Since 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Jr ... from 1943 to 1953. Thurman’s writings and activism deeply influenced King. Burrow argued that ...