His ashes, together with those of his wife, Sue Bailey-Thurman, are interred in the Thurman obelisk and crypt at Morehouse College. After more than a decade as a professor of religion and Dean of Rankin Chapel at Howard University, Thurman served as the pastor of an interracial and ecumenical Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco from 1944 to 1953 at that point in his career, Thurman became the Dean of Marsh Chapel at Boston University until 1963, when he returned to San Francisco to direct the Howard Thurman Educational Trust. He was a professor of religion and the director of spiritual life at Morehouse and Spelman College from 1928 to 1931. Thurman graduated as valedictorian from Morehouse College in 1923. Howard Washington Thurman (1899-1981) was considered by many to have been a “twentieth century holy man.” Named one of “the greatest preachers of the 20 th century” by Life magazine, Thurman is one of the unsung heroes of the human and civil rights movement. What key lessons do we learn from this book? Jensen has also recently published, with David Gowler, an edited volume, Howard Thurman: Sermons on the Parables (Orbis Books, 2018). Kipton Jensen about his new book, Howard Thurman: Philosophy, Civil Rights, and the Search for Common Ground (University of South Carolina Press, 2019). The Morehouse Faculty Research Committee (FRC) is pleased to continue our author interview series.
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