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