Howard Thurman

“There must be always remaining in every life,
some place for the singing of angels,
some place for that which in itself
is breathless and beautiful.”

Howard Thurman

About Howard Thurman

Howard Washington Thurman (1899 – 1981) was an American author, philosopher, theologian, educator, and civil rights leader. As a prominent religious figure, he played a leading role in many social justice movements and organizations of the twentieth century. Thurman’s theology of radical nonviolence influenced and shaped a generation of civil rights activists, and he was a key mentor to leaders within the civil rights movement, including Martin Luther King Jr.