Howard Thurman, leader of the modern Civil Rights movement
In an earlier post I incorrectly attributed a quote to Harold Whitman. The real person behind the following quote is Harold Thurman:
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
Thurman is one of the most important figures in African-American history. He had many callings—he was an author, theologian, and educator, just to name a few. But he happened to be a classmate of Martin Luther King Sr. While King’s son, MLK Jr, was attending Boston University, he was mentored and influenced by Thurman.
In 1944 Thurman established the first racially integrated church in America. He personally met with Mahatma Gandhi, who suggested nonviolence as a way to help black Americans in their struggle for civil rights.
Visit Thurman’s wiki page.
